Personal information | |
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Full name | Elizabeth Corso |
Born | July 10, 2003 |
Home town | Newmarket, New Hampshire, U.S. |
Sport | |
Sport | Paralympic athletics |
Disability class | T13 |
Event | Middle-distance running |
Medal record |
Elizabeth Corso (born July 10, 2003) is an American Paralympic middle-distance runner. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [1]
Corso represented the United States in the women's 1500 metres T13 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal. [2]
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