Pamela Croad is a former New Zealand

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. She won a bronze medal competing for her country at the

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. A member of the Levin Swimming Club, Croad represented New Zealand at the

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. In the heats of her individual events, she finished 12th in the 100 metres butterfly, 10th in the 100 metres freestyle, and 12th in the 200 metres freestyle, and consequently did not qualify for the finals. Swimming with

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, and

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in the women's 4×100 metres freestyle relay, she won a bronze medal. She also swam in the women's 4×100 metres medley relay, with

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, Kim Dewar, and

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, finishing fourth in the final.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Levin, New Zealand Sportspeople from Manawatū-Whanganui New Zealand female freestyle swimmers New Zealand female butterfly swimmers Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Swimmers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming 20th-century New Zealand women 21st-century New Zealand women Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-swimming-bio-stub