Elizabeth Warden (swimmer)

Elizabeth Warden
Personal information
Full name Elizabeth Warden
National team  Canada
Born (1978-02-03) February 3, 1978
Scarborough, Ontario
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke, medley
College team University of Toronto

Elizabeth Warden (born February 3, 1978) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer who specialized in backstroke and individual medley events.[1] She won a silver medal in the 400-metre individual medley at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with a time of 4:47.69.[2] Warden was also a member of the swimming team, and a graduate of the University of Toronto.

Warden qualified for three swimming events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by attaining an A-standard entry time of 2:13.60 in the 200-metre individual medley from the Canadian national championships in Victoria, British Columbia.[3][4] On the first day of the competition, Warden placed second behind Hungary's Éva Risztov in the third heat of the women's 400-metre individual medley, with a time of 4:46.27.[5] In the 200-metre individual medley, Warden failed to qualify for the final, as she finished fifteenth overall in the semifinal run, in a second slowest time of 2:17.32.[6][7] In her third event, 200-metre backstroke, Warden missed two places in the semifinals, by 0.76 of a second behind Croatia's Sanja Jovanović, on the morning's preliminary heats with a time of 2:15.77.[8][9]

References

  1. "Elizabeth Warden". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  2. "Record-breaker Rolph begins gold rush". BBC Sport. September 12, 1998. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  3. "Warden, Knabe Are Smokin' on First Day of Canadian Trials; Reimer Sets National Record in 400 Free". Swimming World Magazine. July 25, 2003. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  4. "Swimming – Women's 200m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
  5. "Women's 400m Individual Medley Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. August 14, 2004. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  6. "Women's 200m Individual Medley Semifinal 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. August 16, 2004. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  7. Whitten, Phillip (August 16, 2004). "Yana, Amanda Go 1-2 in Women's 200m IM Semis". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  8. "Women's 200m Backstroke Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. August 19, 2004. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  9. Thomas, Stephen (August 19, 2004). "Women’s 200 Backstroke, Day 6 Prelims: Top Seeds Komarova and Nakamura Qualify Fastest". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved May 1, 2013.

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