Elisabeth Simpson
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| Nickname | Lissie | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 September 1995 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para-cycling | ||||||||||||||
| C2 | |||||||||||||||
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Elisabeth Simpson (born 29 September 1995) is a British para-cyclist.
Career
Simpson grew up playing hockey and football at the regional level, and was a member of Great Britain's under-19 handball team, before transitioning to para-cycling. In February 2025, she competed at the 2025 British Cycling National Track Championships and won a gold medal in the 1 km time trial C1–5 event, with a world record time.
In October 2026, she was selected to compete at the 2026 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships. She won a silver medal in the sprint C2 event.
Personal life
In 2015, while having surgery on a brain tumour, Simpson suffered a stroke that left her paralyzed on the left side. She is a physiotherapist at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.