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.

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.

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.

The following year at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan Dekkers earned a silver medal in the 200 m 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.

At the 2025 Australian Trials, Dekkers recorded 2:07.36 to finish third in the 200 m butterfly, which was outside the top-2 finish required to qualify for the 2025 World Championships in Singapore. However, second-place finisher Abbey Connor later withdrew from the team, and Dekkers was named to replace her.