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{{Short description|Canadian swimmer (1936–2015)}}
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{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Beth Whittall 
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| fullname       = Elizabeth Whittall
| nicknames      = "Beth" 
| national_team  = {{flag|Canada|1957}}
| strokes        = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]], [[butterfly stroke|butterfly]]
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| birth_date     = {{Birth date|1936|5|26|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada
| death_date     = {{Death date and age|2015|5|1|1936|5|26|mf=y}}
| death_place    = [[Hudson, Quebec]], Canada
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{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | Canada}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1955 Pan American Games|1955 Mexico City]] | [[Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games|400 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1955 Pan American Games|1955 Mexico City]] | [[Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games|100 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1955 Pan American Games|1955 Mexico City]] | [[Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games|4x100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1955 Pan American Games|1955 Mexico City]] | [[Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games|4x100 m medley]]}}
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'''Elizabeth Whittall''' (May 26, 1936 – May 1, 2015) was a Canadian competitive [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] from [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada.

When she was 17 years old, Whittall won a silver medal in the [[1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]] as a member of the Canadian 4×110 yd freestyle relay team. While studying pharmacy at [[Purdue University]], Whittall won two gold medals at the [[1955 Pan American Games]] in Mexico City. She also won the 100-metre butterfly and the 400-metre freestyle events and was a member of the Canadian 4x400-metre medley relay team that won a silver medal.  For those achievements, she was awarded the [[Lou Marsh Trophy]] as Canada's top athlete for 1955 and was inducted into the [[Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame]].  At the end of that year, she held five Canadian swimming records, including the 110-yard butterfly, and the one-mile swim.  She finished seventh in the 100-metre butterfly at the [[1956 Summer Olympics]]<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/beth-whittall-1.html |title=Beth Whittall |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009002919/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/beth-whittall-1.html |archive-date=October 9, 2012}}</ref> and retired from competition the following year.
 
In 1987, at the age of 50, Whittall set a Canadian record in the 200-metre freestyle for competitors in the 50-to-54 age group.

Whittall died on May 1, 2015, at the age of 78, and was posthumously inducted into the [[Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame]] on June 17, 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Olympic swimmer and Pan Am Games champ Elizabeth Whittall dies at age 78 |url=http://www.brandonsun.com/sports/breaking-news/former-olympic-swimmer-and-pan-am-games-champ-elizabeth-whittall-dies-at-age-78-302250671.html?thx=y |work=[[The Brandon Sun]] |date=May 1, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503012247/http://www.brandonsun.com/sports/breaking-news/former-olympic-swimmer-and-pan-am-games-champ-elizabeth-whittall-dies-at-age-78-302250671.html?thx=y |archive-date=May 3, 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{FINA}}
* {{Swimrankings}}
* {{Canada's Sports Hall of Fame}}
* {{Team Canada}}
* {{CGF}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|elizabeth-whittall|org_archive=20171120172740}}
* {{Olympedia}}

{{Lou Marsh Trophy}}
{{Footer Pan American Champions 400 m Freestyle Women}}
{{Footer Pan American Champions 100 m Butterfly Women}}

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[[Category:1936 births]]
[[Category:2015 deaths]]
[[Category:Anglophone Quebec people]]
[[Category:Canadian female butterfly swimmers]]
[[Category:Canadian female freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:Northern Star Award winners]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Canada]]
[[Category:Purdue University College of Pharmacy alumni]]
[[Category:Swimmers from Montreal]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1955 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada]]
[[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian sportswomen]]


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