Elisabeth Walker-Young

Elisabeth Walker-Young is a retired Canadian Paralympic swimmer, an assistant chef de mission at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and a former chef de mission for the Canadian team at the 2015 Parapan American Games. She received an Order of Canada in 2018 because of her services to the sport within the Paralympic movement at the age of 41. In 2014, Walker-Young was inducted into the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame.

Walker-Young was born without arms but has some fingers at the end of her arms. Elizabeth and her twin sister Rebekah were born in Saskatoon. They were adopted. She moved to Toronto, Ontario at a young age. They attended Gabrielle Roy and lived in Toronto Community Housing at Queen and Jones. Elizabeth received support from Easter Seals and was their ambassador as a child. Her sister Rebekah is a childhood leukemia survivor. Elizabeth's mom worked as a crossing guard.