Liz Barnes

As Liz Barnes, finished third behind Donna Murray in the 400 metres event at the 1975 WAAA Championships.^[1][2]

Barnes ran her lifetime best for the 800 metres with 2:01.35 on 10 July 1976 in Zurich, before going on to compete at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, where she was eliminated in the heats of the 800m, running 2:01.70, and finished seventh in the final of the 4 × 400m relay, along with Gladys Taylor, Verona Elder and Donna Murray.^[3]

At the 1978 Commonwealth Games representing England in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Barnes finished fourth in the 800 m final in 2:03.41.^[4][5] Three weeks later, she reached the semifinals at the 1978 European Championships in Prague, running 2:01.69.^[6]

Barnes finished second behind Christina Boxer in 2:02.04 at the 1979 UK Championships and third in 2:02.74 behind Chris Benning and Janet Prictoe at the 1979 WAAA Championships,^[7] before going on to win a bronze medal at the 1980 European Indoor Championships in Sindelfingen.^[8] Her time of 2:01.5 moved her to second on the British Indoor all-time list behind Jane Colebrook's 2:01.12 from 1977. She would remain second on the British indoor all-time list until Kelly Holmes ran 1:59.21 in 2003.^[9]