Erin Gallagher (born 18 December 1998) is a South African

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. She competed in the women's 100 metre freestyle event at the

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. In 2019, she represented South Africa at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco. She competed in the women's 100 metre freestyle, the women's 100 metre butterfly, the women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay, and the women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the

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. For the

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, Gallagher was named to the South Africa roster in the 100 metre freestyle based on her performances at the 2022 South Africa National Swimming Championships."Veteran Le Clos joins teenage brigade in SA Team for swimming World Championships"
'' Swimming South Africa''. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022. She was later named to the South Africa team for the

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.du Plessis, Lindsay (9 June 2022)
"Le Clos, Schoenmaker named in South Africa Commonwealth Games squad"
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''. Retrieved 19 June 2022. On day one of

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, Gallagher ranked ninth in the preliminaries of the 100 metre butterfly, qualifying for the semifinals with a time of 59.29 seconds."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 100m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
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''. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022. She placed ninth in the semifinals with a time of 59.02 seconds."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 100m Butterfly Semi-Finals Results Summary"
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''. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022. The second day, she finished fifth in her 50 metre freestyle preliminaries heat and qualified for the semifinals.Jonckheere, Karien (30 July 2022)
"SA hockey men settle for draw as Sates books ticket to two swimming finals"
'' SuperSport''. Retrieved 30 July 2022. Achieving a fourth-place finish in semifinal heat one, she qualified for the final ranking seventh.Taylor, Craig (30 July 2022)
"Van Niekerk, Coetze claim SA's first gold medals of Commonwealth Games"
'' News24''. Retrieved 30 July 2022. Later in the same session, she anchored the 4×100 metre freestyle relay with a 54.73 in the final to help place fourth."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final Results"
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''. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022. On day three, she qualified for the semifinals of the 50 metre butterfly, ranking tenth in the preliminaries with a time of 26.96 seconds."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 50m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
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''. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022. In the semifinals, she set a new South African record with a time of 26.17 seconds and qualified for the final ranking second."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 50m Butterfly Semi-Finals Results Summary"
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''. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.Botton, Wesley (31 July 2022)
"Schoenmaker and Corbett lift SA medal haul with podium double"
'' The Citizen''. Retrieved 31 July 2022. For her second event of the session, the final of the 50 metre freestyle, she placed eighth with a time of 25.39 seconds."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 50m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022. In her third and final event of the day, she helped place fourth in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final Results"
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''. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022. Ranking thirteenth in the preliminaries of the 100 metre freestyle on day four of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she qualified for the semifinals of the event."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022. After withdrawing from the 100 metre freestyle semifinals, she lowered her South African record in the 50 metre butterfly in the final of the event, finishing in 26.05 seconds to tie Holly Barratt of

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for the silver medal."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results"
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''. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022."Coetze, Gallagher claim silver as Team SA finish off stellar day at Commonwealth Games"
'' News24''. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022."Double silver and bronze for Team SA on another successful night for SA in the pool"
'' Swimming South Africa''. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022. Two days later, on the final day of the swimming competition, she helped set new African and South African records in the final of the 4×100 metre medley relay, splitting a 58.80 for the butterfly leg to contribute to the fourth-place time of 3:59.63."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

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Erin Gallagher
at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics {{DEFAULTSORT:Gallagher, Erin 1998 births Living people South African female butterfly swimmers 21st-century South African sportswomen African Games gold medalists for South Africa African Games silver medalists for South Africa Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming FISU World University Games silver medalists for South Africa Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Olympic swimmers for South Africa Place of birth missing (living people) South African female freestyle swimmers Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2019 African Games Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics African Games silver medalists in swimming African Games gold medalists in swimming