Education
Born in Cambridge in 1925, Galloway was educated at Otago Girls" High School.
Born in Cambridge in 1925, Galloway was educated at Otago Girls" High School.
In 1943 she broke the national intermediate 100 yards backstroke record, and the following year she broke the national senior record for 220 yards backstroke, thus becoming the first female swimmer to hold junior, intermediate and senior national records concurrently. Galloway travelled to London in 1948 as the only swimmer and only woman on the New Zealand team at the Olympic Games. Before the games, she swam in the British amateur championships, winning the 100 m backstroke title.
At the Olympics, she reached the semi-finals of the 100 metres backstroke, where she finished seventh in a time of 1:19.0.
At the conclusion of the Olympic swim meet, Galloway was part of an Australasian team that finished third in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the Continental Relay Gala. In 2011 she was inducted into Nelson"s Legends of Sport.
The last surviving member of the 1948 New Zealand Olympic team, Galloway is the New Zealand"s oldest living Olympian.