Eliza Humphrey Para-Swimmer

Eliza Humphrey is a double European bronze medallist, securing both medals at the 2024 championships in Madeira ahead of her debut Paralympic Games appearance in Paris.

Northampton-born Humphrey secured her medals in the SM11 200m Individual Medley and S11 400m Freestyle to share the podium alongside one of her sporting hero’s, Liesette Bruinsma of the Netherlands.

Eliza’s international debut came at the Para Swimming World Championships, where she progressed through to three finals across the meet.

Born with the genetic conditions Leber's Congenital Amaurosis (LCA) and Nystagmus, Eliza first got involved in swimming when her parents took her along to "learn to swim" lessons at the local leisure centre. A British Blind Sport's swimming gala signposted her and her identical twin sister, Scarlett, to Northampton Swimming Club where they began swimming competitively.

Both Humphrey sisters race in the S11 visually impaired category and are required to wear completely blackened goggles in competition. They are allowed the support of a ‘tapper’ at each end of the pool to warn them as the approach the pool wall.

Eliza’s passions away from the pool include playing the piano and saxophone, while she also enjoys listening to sport on the radio, and playing blind cricket and blind football.