Elizabeth Stone (swimmer)

Elizabeth Stone

Personal information
Nationality	United States
Born	Born in 1990 Kutaisi, Georgia
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight	125 lb (57 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, Butterfly
Medal record Athletics Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing Women's 100 metre backstroke 2012 London Women's 100 metre backstroke 2012 London Women's 100 meter butterfly World Para Swimming Championships 2006 Durban Women's 4x100 meter medley 2010 Eindhoven Women's 4x100 meter medley 2006 Durban Women's 100 meter backstroke

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 was 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 25 kilometres (16 mi) 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 100 metres (330 ft) 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