Elizabeth Wright

Elizabeth Wright may refer to:

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Elizabeth Wright (swimmer)

Elizabeth Wright (born 9 November 1979) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer who won one bronze at the 1996 Summer Paralympics and a bronze and silver at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. She also has a Master of Philosophy in fine arts (photography).

Early life

Wright was born on 9 November 1979, and is from the New South Wales town of Cooranbong. She was born with a congenital limb deficiency. Her right arm is missing at the elbow, her right leg is "severely shortened" requiring the use of a prosthesis and she is lacking two fingers and the forearm bone of her left hand.

Swimming career

Wright's swimming career at the highest level lasted for seven years. Her classification during this time was S6. She swam for the Gosford Amateur Swimming Club. and was a New South Wales Institute of Sport swimmer. She attended the opening of the Wesley Mission's Mangrove Mountain Retreat swimming pool. At the 1996 Atlanta Games she won a bronze medal in the Women's 50 m Butterfly S6 event. In January 2000, she attended the Australia Day Celebrations in Forest Park as a Paralympic Ambassador. She competed in the 2000 Sydney Games where she won a silver medal in the Women's 400 m Freestyle S6 event, and a bronze medal as part of the Australian women's team in the 4 x 50 m Freestyle Relay.

Elizabeth Wright (artist)

Elizabeth Wright (born 1964, London) is an English sculptor and installation artist.

Work

Wright exhibited at the 1995 Venice Biennale.

Two of her works, a sculpture of a bicycle called B.S.A. Tour of Britain Racer Enlarged to 135% (1996/7) and a print entitled Snowball (2000) are in the collection of the Tate Gallery.

Notable exhibitions

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