Erin Popovich

Quick Facts

• Interested in sports at an early age including horse-back riding, soccer and basketball
• Moved to Butte, Montana when she was five
• Joined swimming team when she was 12
• Born with achondroplasia
• During childhood wore braces to straighten back and legs
• Received Bachelor of Science degree from Colorado State University where she swm as a varsity athlete
• Named “Swimmer of the Year with a Disability” by Swimming World Magazine, Individual Sportswomen of the Year by the Women’s Sports Foundation, and was ESPY Award winner for Best Female Athlete with a Disability in 200

Paralympic Experience

• 3-time Paralympian; 19-time Paralympic medalist (14 gold, 5 silver)
• Paralympic Games Beijing 2008, gold (100m Breaststroke SB7 - Women, 100m Freestyle S7 - Women, 200m Individual Medley SM7 - Women, 400m Freestyle S7 - Women), silver (50m Butterfly S7 - Women, 50m Freestyle S7 - Women)
• Paralympic Games Athens 2004, gold (100m Breaststroke SB7 - Women, 100m Freestyle S7 - Women, 200m Individual Medley SM7 - Women, 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points - Women, 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Women, 50m Butterfly S7 - Women, 50m Freestyle S7 - Women)
• Paralympic Games Sydney 2000, gold (100m Breaststroke SB5 - Women, 100m Freestyle S6 - Women, 50m Butterfly S6 - Women), silver (200m Medley SM6 - Women, 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay 20 Points - Women, 50m Freestyle S6 - Women), 5th (4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Women, 4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points - Women)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2010 – gold (100m Breaststroke SB7 - Women, 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Women), silver (100m Freestyle S7 - Women, 200m Individual Medley SM7 - Women, 400m Freestyle S7 - Women, 50m Butterfly S7 - Women), bronze (50m Freestyle S7 - Women), 9th (4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points - Women)
• Years of participation: 100m Breaststroke SB7 - Women 2006, 2010; 100m Freestyle S7 - Women 2002, 2006, 2010; 200m Individual Medley SM7 - Women 2002, 2006, 2010; 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Women 2006, 2010; 4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points - Women 2002, 2010; 400m Freestyle S7 - Women 2006, 2010; 50m Butterfly S7 - Women 2002, 2006, 2010; 50m Freestyle S7 - Women 2002, 2006, 2010; 100m Breaststroke SB7 SC - Women 2009; 200m Individual Medley SM7 SC - Women 2009; 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points SC - Women 2009; 4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points SC - Women 2009; 400m Freestyle S7 SC - Women 2009; 50m Butterfly S7 SC - Women 2009; 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points - Women 2006; 100m Breaststroke SB6 - Women 2002; 100m Freestyle S6 - Women 1998; 200m Individual Medley SM6 - Women 1998; 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay open - Women 1998; 50m Butterfly S6 - Women 1998; 50m Freestyle S6 - Women 1998
• Medals: 30 (15 gold, 12 silver, 3 bronze)
• Gold – 2010 (100m Breaststroke SB7 - Women, 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Women); 2009 (200m Individual Medley SM7 SC - Women, 4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points SC - Women); 2006 (100m Freestyle S7 - Women, 200m Individual Medley SM7 - Women, 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points - Women, 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Women, 400m Freestyle S7 - Women, 50m Freestyle S7 - Women); 2002 (100m Breaststroke SB6 - Women); 1998 (200m Individual Medley SM6 - Women, 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay open - Women, 50m Butterfly S6 - Women, 50m Freestyle S6 - Women)
• Silver – 2010 (100m Freestyle S7 - Women, 200m Individual Medley SM7 - Women, 400m Freestyle S7 - Women, 50m Butterfly S7 - Women); 2009 (100m Breaststroke SB7 SC - Women, 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points SC - Women, 50m Butterfly S7 SC - Women); 2006 (100m Breaststroke SB7 - Women, 50m Butterfly S7 - Women); 2002 (200m Individual Medley SM7 - Women, 4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points - Women, 50m Butterfly S7 - Women)
• Bronze – 2010 (50m Freestyle S7 - Women); 2009 (400m Freestyle S7 SC - Women); 1998 (100m Freestyle S6 - Women)