Monica Vaughan (15 April 1952) is a retired British athlete and multiple gold medal-winning

paralympic swimmer Para swimming is an adaptation of the sport of swimming for athletes with disabilities. Para swimmers compete at the Summer Paralympic Games and at other sports competitions throughout the world. The sport is governed by the International Para ...

. She was Britain's most successful Paralympian at the 1976 Games in Toronto, winning five gold medals in swimming and a silver medal as the only woman in the British volleyball team. She returned for the 1980 Games in Arhnem, winning a further four gold medals and a silver. Vaughan had a leg amputated at the age of four and as a teenager she competed against able-bodied athletes for her swimming club, Portsmouth Northsea SC. She worked as a podiatrist before retiring.

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1952 births Living people British female freestyle swimmers Paralympic swimmers for Great Britain Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in swimming Paralympic medalists in volleyball British female backstroke swimmers 20th-century British women {{Sittingvolleyball-bio-stub