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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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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.
References
edit- ^ "Elisabeth Walker-Young named Toronto 2015 Chef de Mission". International Paralympic Committee. 5 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2020-03-20.
- ^ "Four-Time Paralympian Elisabeth Walker-Young named Canada's Chef de Mission for the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games". Canadian Sport Institute. 5 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-07-22.
- ^ "Elisabeth Walker-Young". The Governor General of Canada. 19 January 2020.
- ^ ""There's so much more in me to do and to give"". Canadian Paralympic Committee. 9 January 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-07-31.
- ^ "Previous Hall of Fame Inductees". The Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Paralympic athlete a leading light at Parliament Hill illumination ceremony". Ottawa Citizen. 1 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-12-18.