Liz Fairs

{{Short description|English athlete (born 1977)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Liz Fairs | image = | image_size =  | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|12|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = Chelmsford, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = hurdles | height = | weight = | club = Loughborough Students<br>Trafford AC }}

'''Elizabeth Jane Fairs''' (born 1977), is a female former athlete who competed for England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/liz-fairs-136924|title=Profile|website=World Athletics|access-date=20 January 2020|archive-date=24 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524105335/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/liz-fairs-14275012|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Biography == Fairs finished third behind Keri Maddox in the 100 metres hurdles event at the 1998 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=2 April 2025}}</ref> Shortly afterwards Fairs represented England in the 100 metres hurdles event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|title=1998 Athletes|website=Team England|access-date=20 January 2020|archive-date=8 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008153507/https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|title=England team in 1998|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=20 January 2020|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330125318/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/40180|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>

Fairs became the British 400 metres hurdles champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 2003 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/20030728/590/0027 |title=Athletics |work=Aberdeen Press and Journal |date=28 July 2003 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=2 April 2025 }}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fairs, Liz}} Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:English women hurdlers Category:British women hurdlers Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England Category:Sportspeople from Chelmsford Category:20th-century English sportswomen