Elizabeth Wright

Elizabeth Wright (born 9 November 1979) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer who won one bronze at the 1996 Summer Paralympics and a bronze and silver at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. She also has a Master of Philosophy in fine arts (photography).

Early life Wright was born on 9 November 1979, and is from the New South Wales town of Cooranbong. She was born with a congenital limb deficiency. Her right arm is missing at the elbow, her right leg is "severely shortened" requiring the use of a prosthesis and she is lacking two fingers and the forearm bone of her left hand.

Swimming career Wright's swimming career at the highest level lasted for seven years. Her classification during this time was S6. She swam for the Gosford Amateur Swimming Club. and was a New South Wales Institute of Sport swimmer. She attended the opening of the Wesley Mission's Mangrove Mountain Retreat swimming pool. At the 1996 Atlanta Games she won a bronze medal in the Women's 50 m Butterfly S6 event. She competed in the 2000 Sydney Games where she won a silver medal in the Women's 400 m Freestyle S6 event, and a bronze medal as part of the Australian women's team in the 4 x 50 m Freestyle Relay. before transitioning to Central Coast campus to complete a Bachelor of Fine Arts. At the Canadian Association for Women's Public History Conference, "Women’s Bodies in a Public History Context" in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, she presented a paper titled "self (un)contained: revealing the authentic experience of disability within a feminist context". She is also the founder and editor of Conscious Being, a magazine "by disabled women, for disabled women".

Journalist Since 2022, she is a reporter with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation covering disability affairs and sport. At the 2024 Australian Sports Commission Media Awards, she was awarded the 'Best coverage of sport for people with disability'.