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{{Short description|English swimmer}}
{{distinguish|Ellie Simmonds}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Elizabeth Simmonds
| image          = Elizabeth Simmonds.JPG
| image_size     = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels -->
| alt            = 
| caption        = ''Simmonds'' in Kazan 2015
| fullname       = Elizabeth Clare Simmonds
| national_team  = {{GBR2}}
| strokes        = [[Backstroke]]
| club           = {{Plainlist|
* Loughborough University SC
* Lincoln Vulcans
}}
| collegeteam    = 
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1991|1|22|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Beverley|Beverley, England]]
| death_date     =
| death_place    =
| height         = {{convert|1.71|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight         = 60 kg
| relatives      = Sibling: William Simmonds
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | Great Britain}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Championships - Short Course|World Championships - Short course]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2008 FINA Short Course World Championships|2008 Manchester]] | 200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2008 FINA Short Course World Championships|2008 Manchester]] | 4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships - Long course]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2008 European Aquatics Championships|2008 Eindhoven]] | 4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalGold | [[2010 European Aquatics Championships|2010 Budapest]] | 200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2010 European Aquatics Championships|2010 Budapest]] | 100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2014 European Aquatics Championships|2014 Berlin]] | [[Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke|200 m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[European Short Course Swimming Championships|European Championships - Short course]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2006 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2006 Helsinki]] | 200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2006 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2006 Helsinki]] | 4×50 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2008 Rijeka]] | 200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]] | [[Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke|200 m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2014 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]] | [[Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4 x 100 metre medley relay]]}}
}}
'''Elizabeth Clare Simmonds''' (born 22 January 1991) is an English competitive [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] who has represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA World Aquatics Championships, and European championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games.  She specialises in [[backstroke]] events, and is a former European champion in the 200-metre backstroke.

Simmonds represented Great Britain at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in both the 100-metre and 200-metre backstroke swimming events. She also competed at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in the 200-metre backstroke swimming event, coming in fourth place.

Simmonds went to secondary school in Lincoln and trained with the Vulcans Swimming Club, later attending [[Loughborough University]]. Her early career largely coincided with that of her friend, teammate and former World champion and record holder [[Gemma Spofforth]], with whom she shared the gold and silver medals at both the 100 and 200 metre backstroke at the [[2010 European Aquatics Championships]].

==Personal bests and records held==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
|-
!Event
!Long course
!Short course
|-
|50&nbsp;m backstroke
|28.58 
|26.88
|-
|100&nbsp;m backstroke
|59.43
|56.69 <sup>'''NR'''</sup>
|-
|200&nbsp;m backstroke
|2:06.79 
|2:00.91  <sup>'''CR''' '''NR'''</sup>
|-
|100&nbsp;m individual medley
| {{n/a}}
|1.02.01
|-
|200&nbsp;m individual medley
|2:14.44
|2:08.61
|-
|400&nbsp;m individual medley
|4:55.56
|4.51.09
|-
|100&nbsp;m freestyle
|58.19
|54.95
|-
|200&nbsp;m freestyle
|2.01.68
|1.57.78
|-
|400&nbsp;m freestyle
|4.15.26
|4.06.19
|-
!colspan="3"|<small>''Key:'' [[List of Commonwealth records in swimming|CR= Commonwealth Record]], [[List of British records in swimming|NR= National Record]]</small>
|}

==External links==
*[http://www.olympics.org.uk/beijing2008/AthleteProfile.aspx?id=6652 British Olympic Association athlete profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905165354/http://www.olympics.org.uk/beijing2008/athleteprofile.aspx?id=6652 |date=5 September 2008 }}
*[http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/swimming/womens-profiles/elizabeth-simmonds/ British Swimming athlete profile]

{{Footer European Champions 200m Backstroke Women}}
{{Footer European Champions 4x100m Medley Women}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Simmonds, Lizzie}}
[[Category:1991 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Alumni of Loughborough University]]
[[Category:English female backstroke swimmers]]
[[Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Great Britain]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming]]
[[Category:British female backstroke swimmers]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Beverley]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:21st-century English sportswomen]]


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