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Elizabeth C. Long (born 30 July 1946) is a British former
swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...
. She competed in three events at the
1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...
. She represented
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and won two
bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...
s in 440 yards individual freestyle and 440 yards freestyle relay, at the
1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Perth, Australia, from 22 November to 1 December 1962. Athletic events were held at Perry Lakes Stadium in the suburb of Floreat and swimming events at Beatty Park in North Perth. The ...
in
Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
, Western Australia. Four years later she participated in the 440 yards individual freestyle at the
1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 13 August 1966. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Dominions. They were followed by the 1966 Commonwealth P ...
in Kingston, Jamaica. She also won the 1964 and 1965 ASA National Championship 220 yards freestyle title and is a four times winner of the 440 yards freestyle title (1960 and 1962-1965).


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1946 births Living people British female swimmers Olympic swimmers of Great Britain Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics People from Ilford Sportspeople from London Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Swimmers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 20th-century British women {{UK-swimming-bio-stub