Elizabeth Ferris (other)
Elizabeth Ferris may refer to: *Elizabeth Ferris (diver) Elizabeth Anne Esther "Liz" Ferris (19 November 1940 – 12 April 2012) was a British diver. She was the third of four children to Roy Ferris, a dairyman and Dorothy Philomena. Raised in central London, she attended Francis Holland School a ... (1940–2012), British diver * Elizabeth Ferris (wheelchair rugby) (born c. 1986), wheelchair rugby player * Elizabeth G. Ferris (born c. 1950), Brookings fellow {{hndis, Ferris, Elizabeth ...
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Elizabeth Ferris (diver)
Elizabeth Anne Esther "Liz" Ferris (19 November 1940 – 12 April 2012) was a British diver. She was the third of four children to Roy Ferris, a dairyman and Dorothy Philomena. Raised in central London, she attended Francis Holland School and was a member of the ''Mermaids Swimming Club'' which was notable for training female athletes for the Olympics. Ferris won a bronze Olympic medal in the women's 3 metre springboard event at the 1960 Rome Summer Olympics. After her diving career, she worked in medicine and was an advocate for changing perceptions of women in sport. Her efforts were recognised by an Olympic order medal in 1980 and a lifetime achievement award by the British Olympic Association in 2011. Ferris's legacy was in her steadfast work to enhance women's opportunities in the Olympic games, as well as her work on gender biology, which encouraged the IOC to revise their definition of male and female bodies. Ferris had one daughter to husband Julian Steven. She suf ...
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