SFC Elizabeth Marks
Para Swimming
As a teenager, SFC Elizabeth Marks attended Arizona Project Challenge, a six-month National Guard program for at-risk youth. This experience inspired her to enlist in 2008. Injured in Iraq in 2010, she rehabilitated in the pool and became an elite swimmer. Accepted into WCAP and found fit for duty in 2012, she specializes in the 100m backstroke, 100m breaststroke, and 50m freestyle. Elizabeth has earned gold and bronze medals in the 2016 Paralympic Games, gold, silver, and bronze medals at the 2020 Paralympic Games and five silver medals at the 2024 Paralympic Games.
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Career Highlights
10x Paralympic Games Medalist
6x Para Swimming World Championships Medalist
4x Invictus Games Gold medalist
6x CISM Gold medalist (Swimming & Track and Field)
2024
USOPC Torch Award Recipient
Military Times Soldier of the Year
2nd place - Paralympic Games, Paris, France (100m backstroke)
2nd place - Paralympic Games, Paris, France (4x50m medley relay 20 points)
2nd place - Paralympic Games, Paris, France (50m Freestyle S6)
2nd place - Paralympic Games, Paris, France (200m IM S6)
2nd place - Paralympic Games, Paris, France (4x50m freestyle 20 points)
1st place - Paralympic Team Trials Champion, Minneapolis, MN (50m Freestyle S6) (American Record)
1st place - Paralympic Team Trials Champion, Minneapolis, MN (100m Backstroke S6) (World Record)
1st place - Paralympic Team Trials Champion, Minneapolis, MN (50m Butterfly S6) (American Record)
2nd Place - Paralympic Team Trials Champion, Minneapolis, MN (50 Freestyle S6)
2023
3rd place - Para Swimming World Championships, Manchester, England (200-meter individual medley SM6)
5th place - Para Swimming World Championships, Manchester, England (100 backstroke S6)
1st place - Jimi Flowers Classic Para Swim Meet, Colorado Springs, CO (1,500m Freestyle S6) (World Record)
1st place - Jimi Flowers Classic Para Swim Meet, Colorado Springs, CO (50m Freestyle S6)
1st place - Jimi Flowers Classic Para Swim Meet, Colorado Springs, CO (50m Breaststroke SB6)
1st place - Jimi Flowers Classic Para Swim Meet, Colorado Springs, CO (50m Backstroke S6)
1st place - World Series Event in Minneapolis, MN (100m Freestyle) (American Record)
1st place - World Series Event in Minneapolis, MN (50m Butterfly)
2nd place - World Series Event in Minneapolis, MN (50m Freestyle)
1st place - World Series Event in Minneapolis, MN (200m Medley event)
1ST place - Para Swimming National Championships, Charlotte, NC (50m Butterfly S6)
1ST place - Para Swimming National Championships, Charlotte, NC (50m Freestyle S6)
1ST place - Para Swimming National Championships, Charlotte, NC (100m Backstroke S6)
1ST place - Para Swimming National Championships, Charlotte, NC (200m IM SM6)
2022
U.S. Para Swimming World Championships Team Member (2x Gold and Bronze Medalist)
1ST place - Para Swimming World Series, Indianapolis, IN (100m Freestyle S6)
1ST place - Para Swimming World Series, Indianapolis, IN (50m Butterfly S6)
1ST place - Para Swimming World Series, Indianapolis, IN ( 50m Freestyle S6)
1ST place - Para Swimming World Series, Indianapolis, IN (100m Backstroke S6)
1ST place - Para Swimming World Championships, Madeira, Portugal (Mixed 50m Medley Relay)
1ST place - Para Swimming World Championships, Madeira, Portugal (50m Butterfly S6)
3rd place - Para Swimming World Championships, Madeira, Portugal (50m Freestyle S6)
2021
U.S. Paralympic Games Team Member (Gold, Silver and Bronze Medalist)
2nd place - Para Swimming World Series, Lewisville, TX (100m Breaststroke SB6)
1ST place - Para Swimming World Series, Lewisville, TX (50m Butterfly S6)
1ST place - Para Swimming World Series, Lewisville, TX (200m IM SM6)
1ST place - Para Swimming World Series, Lewisville, TX (100m Backstroke S6)
1ST place - Para Swimming World Series, Lewisville, TX (100m Freestyle S6)
1ST place - Para Swimming Paralympic Trials, Minneapolis, MN (100 LC Meter Backstroke S6)
1ST place - Para Swimming Paralympic Trials, Minneapolis, MN (50 LC Meter Butterfly S6)
1ST place - Para Swimming Paralympic Trials, Minneapolis, MN (200 LC Meter IM SM6)
1ST place - Para Swimming Paralympic Trials, Minneapolis, MN (50 LC Meter Freestyle S6)
2nd place - Paralympic Games, Tokyo, Japan (50m LC Freestyle S6)
4th place - Paralympic Games, Tokyo, Japan (200m LC IM SM6)
3rd place - Paralympic Games, Tokyo, Japan (50m LC Butterfly S6)
1ST place - Paralympic Games, Tokyo, Japan (100m LC Backstroke S6)
1ST place - Para Swimming National Championships, Greensboro, NC (50m Breaststroke)
1ST place - Para Swimming National Championships, Greensboro, NC (50m Backstroke)
1ST place - Para Swimming National Championships, Greensboro, NC (200m Backstroke)
1ST place - Para Swimming National Championships, Greensboro, NC (100m Freestyle)
2019
1ST place - California Classic, Yucaipa, CA (50m S7 Freestyle)
1ST place - California Classic, Yucaipa, CA (100m S7 Backstroke)
1ST place - California Classic, Yucaipa, CA (50m SB6 Breaststroke)
1ST place - California Classic, Yucaipa, CA (200m S7 IM)
1ST place - Northeaster Para Championships, Cortland, NY (50m S7 Fly)
1ST place - Northeaster Para Championships, Cortland, NY (100m SB6 Breaststroke)
1ST place - Northeaster Para Championships, Cortland, NY (200m S7 Backstroke)
1ST place - Para Swimming National Championship, Lewisville, TX (50m S7 Backstroke)
2nd place - Para Swimming National Championship, Lewisville, TX (50m S7 Butterfly)
1ST place - Para Swimming National Championship, Lewisville, TX (100m S7 Backstroke)
1ST place - Para Swimming National Championship, Lewisville, TX (100m SB6 Breaststroke)
2nd place - Para Swimming National Championship, Lewisville, TX (200m S7 IM)
2016
U.S. Paralympic Games Team Member (Gold and Bronze Medalist)
1st place - Invictus Games, Orlando, FL (50m Freestyle)
1st place - Invictus Games, Orlando, FL (50m Backstroke)
1st place - Invictus Games, Orlando, FL (50m Breaststroke)
1st place - Invictus Games, Orlando, FL (100m Freestyle)
1st place - Paralympic Team Trials, Charlotte, NC (100m Breaststroke SB7)
2nd place - Paralympic Team Trials, Charlotte, NC (100m Backstroke S8)
1st place - Paralympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (100m Breaststroke SB7)
3rd place - Paralympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (4x100m Medley Relay)
2015
1st place - CISM World Military Games, Mungyeong, S. Korea (Standing Shotput)
2nd place - Can-Am Open, Bismarck, ND (200m IM S8)
2nd place - Can-Am Open, Bismarck, ND (100m Backstroke S8)
1st place - Can-Am Open, Bismarck, ND (100m Breaststroke SB7)