 McIntosh with her gold medal won in the 200 m T38 at the 2000 Summer Paralympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Elizabeth McIntosh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1982-12-16)16 December 1982 (age 43) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elizabeth "Lisa" McIntosh,OAM[1][2] (born 16 December 1982)[3] is an Australian Paralympianathlete withcerebral palsy, who competes mainly in sprint events.
McIntosh was born in the Melbourne suburb ofSandringham on 16 December 1982.[4] She has cerebral palsy which affects her left side.[5] She works as a swimming instructor and lives in the Melbourne suburb ofBeaconsfield.[3]
McIntosh first competed for Australia in 1998.[3] At the2000 Sydney Games, she won three gold medals in the women's 100 m – T38, women's 200 m – T38 and women's 400 m – T38 events,[6] for which she received aMedal of the Order of Australia.[1] She was named the 2000 Junior Female Paralympian of the Year.[3] At the2004 Athens Games, she won a silver medal in the women's 200 m – T37 event and a bronze medal in the women's 100 m – T37 event,[6] and finished fifth in the women's 400 m – T38 event.[7] Despite recovering from astress fracture in her left foot.[5] At the2008 Beijing Paralympics, she won two gold medals in the women's 100 m – T37 and women's 200 m – T37 events.[6] She holds the world record for 100 m, 200 m and 400 m T37.[3] She was named the 2008 Female Paralympian of the Year.[3]
At theIPC Athletics World Championships, she won gold medals in women's 100 m and 200 m T37 events at both the 2002 Lille[8] and 2006 Assen competitions.[9] At the2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, she won a gold medal in the Women's 100 m – T37 event.[4] She was anAustralian Institute of Sport athletics scholarship holder in 2003.[10] She is taking a break to consider her future in athletics.[3]
