Paul Colin Rowe is a New Zealand-born Australian former
swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s.
Born in New Zealand, Rowe won national titles in his native country for butterfly and freestyle. He represented New Zealand at the
1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, coming fourth in the 100 metre butterfly.[1]
Rowe came to Australia in 1979 for training in the lead up to the
1980 Moscow Olympics, where he had been due to swim for the New Zealand delegation. New Zealand ended up boycotting the games and in 1981 he became a naturalised Australian. At the
1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, he was a member of the Australian gold medal-winning 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team, as well as a silver medalist in the 200 metre butterfly.[2][3]
In 1986, Rowe retired from competitive swimming and made a switch to
water polo.[4]
^"Edmonton". The Canberra Times. Vol. 52, no. 15, 663. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 August 1978. p. 24. Retrieved 8 March 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Link forged in 1979". The Canberra Times. Vol. 58, no. 17, 675. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 19 February 1984. p. 32 (Sunday Edition). Retrieved 4 March 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Making the switch to water polo". The Canberra Times. Vol. 60, no. 18, 374. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 21 January 1986. p. 2 (Supplement to the Canberra Times). Retrieved 5 March 2023 – via National Library of Australia.