Elisabeth Walker-Young

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Elisabeth Walker-Young
Personal information
BornToronto, Ontario, Canada
Sport
Country Canada
SportParalympic swimming
Disability classS7
Retired2005
Medal record
Paralympic swimming
Representing  Canada
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Women's 100m butterfly S8
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Women's 200m individual medley SM7
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Women's 4x100m medley relay
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Women's 4x100m medley relay
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Women's 100m backstroke S7
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Women's 50m butterfly S7
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1994 Malta Women's 50m butterfly S7
Silver medal – second place 1994 Malta Women's 200m individual medley SM7

Elisabeth Walker-Young is a retired Canadian Paralympic swimmer, an assistant chef de mission at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and a former chef de mission for the Canadian team at the 2015 Parapan American Games.[1][2] She received an Order of Canada in 2018 because of her services to the sport within the Paralympic movement at the age of 41.[3][4] In 2014, Walker-Young was inducted into the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame.[5]

Walker-Young was born without arms but has some fingers at the end of her arms.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Elisabeth Walker-Young named Toronto 2015 Chef de Mission". International Paralympic Committee. 5 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Four-Time Paralympian Elisabeth Walker-Young named Canada's Chef de Mission for the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games". Canadian Sport Institute. 5 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Elisabeth Walker-Young". The Governor General of Canada. 19 January 2020.
  4. ^ ""There's so much more in me to do and to give"". Canadian Paralympic Committee. 9 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Previous Hall of Fame Inductees". The Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Paralympic athlete a leading light at Parliament Hill illumination ceremony". Ottawa Citizen. 1 December 2014.
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