Elisabeth Walker-Young
Canadian Paralympic swimmer
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Elisabeth Walker-Young is a retired Canadian Paralympic swimmer, an assistant chef de mission at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and a former chef de mission for the Canadian team at the 2015 Parapan American Games.[1][2] She received an Order of Canada in 2018 because of her services to the sport within the Paralympic movement at the age of 41.[3][4] In 2014, Walker-Young was inducted into the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame.[5]
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| Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Retired | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walker-Young was born without arms but has some fingers at the end of her arms.[6] Elizabeth and her twin sister Rebekah were born in Saskatoon. They were adopted. She moved to Toronto, Ontario at a young age. They attended Gabrielle Roy and lived in Toronto Community Housing at Queen and Jones. Elizabeth received support from Easter Seals and was their ambassador as a child. Her sister Rebekah is a childhood leukemia survivor. Elizabeth's mom worked as a crossing guard.