Libby Clegg

Libby Clegg
MBE

Libby Clegg at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Full name	Elizabeth Clegg
Nationality	British
Born	(1990-03-24) 24 March 1990 (age 27) , Greater Manchester England
Website	www.elizabethclegg.co.uk
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Athletics
Disability class	T11
Event(s)	T11 100m T11 200m
Club	Charnwood
Coached by	Keith Antoine
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals	2008, 2012, 2016
Medal record Women's paralympic athletics Representing  Great Britain Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing 100 m T12 2012 London 100 m T12 2016 Rio 100 m T11 2016 Rio 200 m T11 IPC World Championships 2011 Christchurch 100 m T12 2006 Assen 200 m T12 2013 Lyon 100 m T12 2013 Lyon 200 m T12 2011 Christchurch 200 m T12 World Games 2011 Antalya 200 m T12 2011 Antalya 100 m T12 World Cup 2009 Manchester 100 m T12 2010 Manchester 100 m T12 2011 Manchester 200 m T12 2012 Manchester 200 m T12 2009 Manchester 200 m T12 2011 Manchester 100 m T12 IPC European Championships 2012 Stadskanaal 100 m T12 2012 Stadskanaal 200 m T12 Representing  Scotland Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow 100 m T12

Elizabeth Clegg, MBE (born 24 March 1990) is a Scottish Paralympic sprinter who has represented both Scotland and Great Britain at international events. She represented Great Britain in the T12 100m and 200m at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver medal in the T12 100m race. She has also won Gold in Rio at the 2016 Paralympic Games in 100m T11 where she broke the world record and T11 200m, beating the previous Paralympic record in the process, thus making her a double Paralympic champion.

Clegg has a deteriorating eye condition known as Stargardt’s Macular Dystrophy disease giving her only slight peripheral vision in her left eye – she is registered blind. Clegg runs with the aid of guide runner Chris Clarke.

She took up athletics aged 9, joining Macclesfield Harriers AC. She originally tried middle distance running and cross country before starting sprinting.

In 2006, she competed at the IPC World Championships, winning a silver medal in the T12 200 metres. This was followed by an appearance at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a silver medal in the 100 metres.

In January 2011, she competed in the IPC World Championships. Whilst there she took a bronze in the 200m. Clegg is a Paralympic silver medallist and current World Champion in the T12 100m and 200m sprints. She was one of the major success stories from the 2011 IPC World Championships in New Zealand and IBSA World Championships in Turkey.

In June 2012, Clegg won the 100m and 200m at the IPC Athletics European Championships.

Clegg won silver at the London Paralympics on 2 September 2012 in the T12 100m. Clegg and guide Mikail Huggins broke the European record in the final.