Liz Long
{{short description|British swimmer}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|7|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Ilford, London, England
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{{MedalSport | Swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|British Empire & Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalBronze| 1962 Perth | 440y freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze| 1962 Perth | 440y freestyle relay}}
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Elizabeth C. Long (born 30 July 1946) is a British former swimmer. She competed in three events at the 1964 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/liz-long-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035959/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/liz-long-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Liz Long Olympic Results |accessdate=31 October 2016}}
She represented England and won two bronze medals in 440 yards individual freestyle and 440 yards freestyle relay, at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/perth-1962/athletes|title=1962 Athletes|publisher=Team England}} Four years later she participated in the 440 yards individual freestyle at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/54415|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}
She also won the 1964 and 1965 ASA National Championship 220 yards freestyle title and is a four times winner of the 440 yards freestyle title (1960 and 1962-1965).{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS319774517/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=bbe42bf0|title="Records And Title For Miss Long." Times, 21 Sept. 1960, p. 19|publisher=Times Digital Archive}}{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS352542519/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=f204e60d|title="Three Records By Miss Long." Times, 23 Sept. 1960, p. 21.|publisher=Times Digital Archive}}{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS50554648/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=15c913a9|title=From Our Swimming Correspondent. "Meagre Swimming Team For Tokyo." Times, 24 Aug. 1964, p. 3|website=Times Digital Archive}}{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS69036302/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=a6a8316f|title=FROM A SWIMMING CORRESPONDENT. "Miss Long Sets Free-Style Records." Times, 14 Aug. 1965, p. 4|website=Times Digital Archive}}
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Category:English female freestyle swimmers
Category:British female freestyle swimmers
Category:Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
Category:Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Swimmers from the London Borough of Redbridge
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming
Category:Swimmers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Swimmers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:20th-century British women
Category:Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:20th-century English sportswomen
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