Lizzie Simmonds
- Loughborough University SC
- Lincoln Vulcans
Women's swimming | ||
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Representing Great Britain | ||
World Championships - Short course | ||
2008 Manchester | 200 m backstroke | |
2008 Manchester | 4×100 m medley | |
European Championships - Long course | ||
2008 Eindhoven | 4×100 m medley | |
2010 Budapest | 200 m backstroke | |
2010 Budapest | 100 m backstroke | |
2014 Berlin | 200 m backstroke | |
European Championships - Short course | ||
2006 Helsinki | 200 m backstroke | |
2006 Helsinki | 4×50 m medley | |
2008 Rijeka | 200 m backstroke | |
Representing England | ||
Commonwealth Games | ||
2010 Delhi | 200 m backstroke | |
2010 Delhi | 4 x 100 metre medley relay |
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.
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 |
External links
- British Olympic Association athlete profile
- British Swimming athlete profile
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- 1970: Andrea Gyarmati (HUN)
- 1974: Ulrike Richter (GDR)
- 1977: Birgit Treiber (GDR)
- 1981: Cornelia Polit (GDR)
- 1983: Cornelia Sirch (GDR)
- 1985: Cornelia Sirch (GDR)
- 1987: Cornelia Sirch (GDR)
- 1989: Dagmar Hase (GDR)
- 1991: Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)
- 1993: Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)
- 1995: Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)
- 1997: Cathleen Rund (GER)
- 1999: Roxana Mărăcineanu (FRA)
- 2000: Nina Zhivanevskaya (ESP)
- 2002: Stanislava Komarova (RUS)
- 2004: Stanislava Komarova (RUS)
- 2006: Esther Baron (FRA)
- 2008: Laure Manaudou (FRA)
- 2010: Lizzie Simmonds (GBR)
- 2012: Alexianne Castel (FRA)
- 2014: Duane Da Rocha (ESP)
- 2016: Katinka Hosszú (HUN)
- 2018: Margherita Panziera (ITA)
- 2020: Margherita Panziera (ITA)
- 2022: Margherita Panziera (ITA)
- 2024: Camila Rebelo (POR)
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