Elizabeth Stone (swimmer)

Elizabeth Stone born in (1990) is an American Paralympic swimmer of Georgian origin, who competes in the S9 classification due to proximal femoral focal deficiency.

• she began her swimming career as a means of physical therapy and recreation.

Biography

Elizabeth stone Born in 1994 in kutaisi, Georgia. She was adopted on the 4th of July at age 4 from Kutaisi, Georgia.

• In the last year of high school she competed in track & field and would run a race, the River Bank Run in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens,Greece.
• At the 2006 World Championships she won a gold medal for 4x100 metre medley and a bronze one for the backstroke.
• In 2008 Paralympics she won a silver medal for another 100 metre backstroke in Beijing,China
• On 2010 World Championships she won another gold for 4x100 metre medley which was held at Eindhoven,Netherlands.
• On 2012 Summer Paralympics she received a bronze medal for her participation at London.

References

https://twitter.com/EKA_Stone https://www.facebook.com/lizkastone