Elizabeth Edmondson

Elizabeth Edmondson PLY

Edmondson showing her medals won at the 13th Australian Masters Games held in Adelaide in October 2011
Personal information
Full name	Elizabeth Mary Edmondson
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1950-07-01) 1 July 1950 (age 74) Perth, Western Australia
Sport
Club	Stadium Masters Swimming Club
Medal record Women's swimming Paralympic Games 1964 Tokyo Class 5 50 m Breaststroke 1964 Tokyo Class 5 50 m Backstroke 1964 Tokyo Class 5 Complete 50 m Freestyle 1968 Tel Aviv Class 4 Incomplete 50 m Freestyle 1968 Tel Aviv Open 100 m Freestyle 1968 Tel Aviv Class 4 Incomplete 50 m Backstroke World Masters Games 2009 Sydney Women's 50 m Breaststroke 55–69 2009 Sydney Women's 100 m Breaststroke 55–69 2009 Sydney Women's 100 m Backstroke 55–69 2009 Sydney Women's 200 m Breaststroke 55–69 2009 Sydney Women's 100 m Freestyle 55–69

Elizabeth Mary Edmondson PLY^[1] (born 1 July 1950) is an Australian Paralympic competitor and current Australian Masters competitor in swimming. She became a paraplegic after contracting polio as a small child. She won several medals in the 1964 and 1968 Summer Paralympics. She subsequently retired from swimming, only taking up the sport again in 2006 to compete in the 2008 FINA World Masters Championships in Perth.