Liz Johnson - Swimming Against the Tide
The powerful story of Newport Paralympic swimmer Liz Johnson, whose long-awaited sporting dream suddenly became the hardest moment of her life.
In 2008, Newport swimmer Elizabeth Johnson flew out to the Beijing Paralympic Games to swim in the race that her whole career had been building to. But by the time she got there, everything had changed. Diagnosed with cerebral palsy at six months old, her Paralympic swimming journey began when her devoted mother, Bonnie, encouraged her to join a local swimming group for disabled swimmers. From there, Liz began her journey to the Paralympics in Athens, where she won a silver medal in the SB6 breaststroke at just 18 years old. The next four years brought quicker times, championship titles and world records. With her training routine nailed and on track for her Beijing gold medal, she was swimming the best she ever had in her entire career. Everything was perfect until Bonnie was diagnosed with cancer, and her world came crashing down.
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Role | Contributor |
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Executive Producer | Dale Templar |
Executive Producer | Tom Cunningham |
Director | Daisy Brown |
Producer | Daisy Brown |
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