Sophie Pascoe, New Zealand swimmer

Dame Sophie Frances Pascoe is a retired New Zealand para-swimmer. She represented New Zealand at four Summer Paralympic Games from 2008, winning a total of eleven gold medals, seven silver medals and one bronze medal, making her New Zealand's most successful Paralympian. She also represented New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games.

January 8 is the eighth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 357 days remain until the end of the year.