# Liz Fairs

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{{Short description|English athlete (born 1977)}}
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| name             = Liz Fairs
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| nationality      = British (English)
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1977|12|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = Chelmsford, England
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| sport            = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)
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| club             = Loughborough Students<br>[Trafford AC](/source/Trafford_AC)
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'''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](/source/Keri_Maddox) in the 100 metres hurdles event at the [1998 AAA Championships](/source/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](/source/England_at_the_1998_Commonwealth_Games) in the 100 metres hurdles event, at the [1998 Commonwealth Games](/source/1998_Commonwealth_Games) in [Kuala Lumpur](/source/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](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_400_metres_hurdles) after winning the British [AAA Championships](/source/AAA_Championships) title at the [2003 AAA Championships](/source/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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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

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