Betty Sworowski
{{short description|British racewalker}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
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| name = Betty Sworowski
née Ellis
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| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|03|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
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| sport = Athletics
| event = racewalking
| height = 160 cm
| weight = 48 kg
| club = Sheffield Road Walkers Club
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Elizabeth Sworowski née Ellis (born 12 March 1961 in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English retired female race walker who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Sworowski finished third behind Sarah Brown in the 10,000 metres racewalk event at the 1987 WAAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19870726/536/0031 |title=Athletics |work=Sunday Express |date=26 July 1987 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 March 2025}}
She represented England in the 10 km walk event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes|title=1990 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all|title=England team in 1990|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=14 October 2019|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404120931/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/40239|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}
Sworowski was a four times British 5,000 metres walk champion from 1988 through to 1991{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=21 March 2025}} and three times British 10,000 metres walk champion (1988,{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003126/19880808/387/0029 |title=Alexander Results |work=Wolverhampton Express and Star |date=8 August 1988 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 March 2025}} 1989 and 1991).{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=21 March 2025 }}
Sworowski set her personal best (45.59 minutes) in the 10 km race in 1991. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, she represented Great Britain in the 10 km walk event.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68793 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=21 March 2025}}
International competitions
| {{AchievementTable}} |
| colspan="5"|Representing {{GBR2}} |
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| 1990
|15th |
| rowspan=2|1991
|21st |10 km |
| World Championships
|20th |10 km |
| 1992
|32nd |
=National titles=
- AAA Championships 5000 metres (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991)
- AAA Championships 10,000 metres (1988, 1989 (tied), 1991){{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa,htm |work=GBR Athletics |title=AAA Championships (Women) |accessdate=10 April 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- UK Championships 5000 metres (1988, 1990){{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/uk.htm |work=GBR Athletics |title=UK Championships |accessdate=10 April 2018}}
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121103120745/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sw/betty-sworowski-1.html sports-reference]
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Category:Athletes from Sheffield
Category:British female race walkers
Category:English female race walkers
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England
Category:20th-century English sportswomen
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