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| Full name | Elizabeth Clare Simmonds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 January 1991 Beverley, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relative | Sibling: William Simmonds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Elizabeth Clare Simmonds (born 22 January 1991) is an English competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA World Aquatics Championships, and European championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games. She specialises in backstroke events, and is a former European champion in the 200-metre backstroke.
Simmonds represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in both the 100-metre and 200-metre backstroke swimming events. She also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 200-metre backstroke swimming event, coming in fourth place.
Simmonds went to secondary school in Lincoln and trained with the Vulcans Swimming Club, later attending Loughborough University. Her early career largely coincided with that of her friend, teammate and former World champion and record holder Gemma Spofforth, with whom she shared the gold and silver medals at both the 100 and 200 metre backstroke at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships.
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60 Seconds with Lizzie Simmonds
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ELIZABETH SIMMONDS SNATCHES GOLD!! 50M BACKSTROKE - SCOTTISH NATIONAL SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIP
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ELIZABETH SIMMONDS TAKES THE GOLD! 200M BACKSTROKE - SCOTTISH GAS SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Swimming | Women's 200m IM SM6 final | Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
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Lizzie Simmonds wins 100m Backstroke gold at the ASA National Winter Meet 2015
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Personal bests and records held
| Event | Long course | Short course |
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| 50 m backstroke | 28.58 | 26.88 |
| 100 m backstroke | 59.43 | 56.69 NR |
| 200 m backstroke | 2:06.79 | 2:00.91 CR NR |
| 100 m individual medley | — | 1.02.01 |
| 200 m individual medley | 2:14.44 | 2:08.61 |
| 400 m individual medley | 4:55.56 | 4.51.09 |
| 100 m freestyle | 58.19 | 54.95 |
| 200 m freestyle | 2.01.68 | 1.57.78 |
| 400 m freestyle | 4.15.26 | 4.06.19 |
| Key: CR= Commonwealth Record, NR= National Record | ||
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This page was last edited on 3 December 2023, at 18:56