Elizabeth Dekkers

Elizabeth Dekkers (born 6 May 2004) is an Australian swimmer. At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she won the gold medal in the 200 m butterfly.^[1][2]

Elizabeth Dekkers

Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(2004-05-06) 6 May 2004 (age 20) South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Australia World Championships (LC) 2023 Fukuoka 200 m butterfly World Championships (SC) 2022 Melbourne 200 m butterfly Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham 200 m butterfly

Biography

Dekkers is from South Brisbane, Queensland. She was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where she competed in the 200m butterfly, reaching the final and winning the gold medal.^[1][3][4]

At the 2022 World Short Course Championships in Melbourne Dekkers earned a bronze medal by finishing third in the 200 metre butterfly with a time of 2:03.94. She finished 0.57 seconds behind the winner Dakota Luther.^[5]

The following year at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan Dekkers earned a silver medal in the 200 metre butterfly with a time of 2:05.46 when she finished second to Canadian Summer McIntosh and ahead of American Regan Smith who was third.^[6]

References

1. "Official Commonwealth Games profile". Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
2. "Elizabeth Dekkers bio". Commonwealth Games Australia. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
3. "Commonwealth Games: West Aussie Brianna Throssell takes 200m butterfly bronze, Elizabeth Dekkers gets gold". The West Australian. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
4. "FINA profile". Fina. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
5. FINA (18 December 2022). "16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Results Book". Omega Timing. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
6. "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 27 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 November 2023.

External links

• Elizabeth Dekkers at World Aquatics
• Elizabeth Dekkers at SwimRankings.net
• Elizabeth Dekkers at Olympics.com
• Elizabeth Dekkers at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Elizabeth Dekkers at Commonwealth Games Australia
• Elizabeth Dekkers at Commonwealth Games Australia
• Elizabeth Dekkers at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games