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Full name | Elizabeth Collins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | November 29, 1982|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | UBC Dolphins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of British Columbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elizabeth "Liz" Collins (born November 29, 1982) is a female swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the freestyle events. Collins won three silver medals at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is starting her third year of coaching Vancouver Pacific Swim Club in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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