Liz Johnson (swimmer)

Liz Johnson, born Elizabeth Johnson on 3 December 1985 in Newport, is a British swimmer who has won gold medals in the Paralympic Games and the International Paralympic Committee world championships. She has cerebral palsy, which places her in the S6 classification, and at three she was encouraged by her mother to join a group for disabled swimmers. She specialises in breaststroke and is one of a select few to have won gold medals at the Paralympics, the World Championships and the European Championships, and at the 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships in Durban she won an individual gold in the 100 metre breaststroke and two relay golds.