Elizabeth Beisel

Elizabeth Beisel is an American swimmer, born August 18, 1992, in Saunderstown, Rhode Island, who specialises in backstroke and individual medley events. She joined the national team at thirteen and, at fifteen, was the youngest member of the United States swim team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she placed fifth in the 200-metre backstroke and fourth in the 400-metre individual medley. At the 2012 Games she won silver in the 400-metre individual medley and bronze in the 200-metre backstroke, and she finished sixth in the 400-metre individual medley in 2016. For the University of Florida she won nine Southeastern Conference individual titles and NCAA championships. In 2021 she became the first woman to swim to Block Island, a 20 kilometre swim raising money for cancer research.