Liz Cain
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Elizabeth "Liz" Cain (born 1962) is an Australian former pair skater and current figure skating coach. She won the gold medal in pairs at the Australian Figure Skating Championships four times with her brother Peter Cain and competed in the 1980 Winter Olympics, finishing eleventh. They also competed in three World Figure Skating Championships with a highest placement was 12th, in 1977. She is the mother and coach of Australian national champion Sean Carlow.
On March 28th, 2007, Cain and several members of the Australian figure skating team were sailing in a yacht in Sydney Harbour near the Harbor Bridge when it collided with a ferry. Cain lost her leg in the accident, which has become known as the Sydney Harbour Bridge Ferry Disaster. However, her life was saved by her son, who jumped into the water and held by her son until rescuers could arrive.
