Elizabeth Müller
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{{For|the Swiss actress|Elisabeth Müller}}
Elizabeth Clara Müller (married name Gonçalves; 6 March 1926 – 12 July 2010){{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/65510 |title=Elizabeth Müller |work=Olympedia |access-date=14 March 2022}} was a Brazilian high jumper, sprinter and shot putter.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190015/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mu/elisabeth-muller-1.html Elizabeth Müller]. Sports-Reference. Retrieved on 8 March 2015.
At the 1948 Summer Olympics, she placed 17th in the high jump. In the 100 metres and the shot put she was eliminated in the first round.[http://www.cbat.org.br/atletas/elizabethclara.asp Elizabeth Clara Mueller]. Confederação Brasileira de Atletismo. Retrieved on 8 March 2015. At the 1951 Pan American Games she won a bronze medal in the high jump.
She was highly successful at the South American Championships in Athletics, winning one 200 metres title, two high jump titles and two shot put titles. In total she won 10 medals over her career at the championship, including a long jump silver medal in 1945.[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/sacw.htm South American Championships (Women)]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 8 March 2015.
She died in Abelardo Luz.
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Category:Brazilian female high jumpers
Category:Brazilian female sprinters
Category:Brazilian female shot putters
Category:Olympic athletes for Brazil
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1951 Pan American Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1955 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games
Category:20th-century Brazilian sportswomen
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