导出博客文章I am incredibly proud to know Sgt. Elizabeth Marks. This year she won four gold
medals in swimming events at the Invictus Games in Orlando, Florida. She was
then selected to compete for the U.S. team at the Rio Paralympic Games. Going
into the Games she was ranked No. 1 in the world in the 100-meter breaststroke,
and she went on to win gold in the SB7 100 meters.This is an incredible
achievement by any standards, and I know this is how she wants to be defined, by
her achievements and her abilities. But as an Army sergeant wounded in service
to her country, her journey to get to this point has been remarkable. To me she
epitomizes the courage, resilience and determination of our servicemen and
women. Using sport to fight back from injury in the most remarkable way, she
sums up what the Invictus Games spirit is all about.Elizabeth joined the Army in
2008 as a combat medic. She suffered bilateral hip injuries during a tour in
Iraq in 2010 and underwent four surgeries in 18 months. She used sport as a way
of helping in her recovery, keeping mobile, fit, healthy and focused. She was
selected to compete for the U.S. team in the first 2014 Invictus Games in
London, but on arrival in England she had trouble breathing. Within hours, her
lungs had filled with fluid and she had been put in a medically induced coma,
with little hope of recovery. We all feared the worst, but the team at
Cambridges Papworth Hospital helped reoxygenate her body using an external lung
machine and brought her back.Elizabeth refused to be beaten, and two years later
she was again selected to compete for the U.S. team at the 2016 Orlando Invictus
Games. This is where I first met her, and heard from her how she had stayed
motivated, not only fighting back to health, but fighting back to the level of
an elite sportswoman. Because of her injuries, the effort that she expends in
the pool leaves her disorientated to the point of blindness, yet I watched her
go on to win four gold medals during that week. Elizabeth certainly doesnt want
sympathy; she considers herself unbelievably lucky to have been given another
chance in life and to be part of a military family that continues to inspire her
to be as good as she can be.After winning her fourth medal, she asked me to
return it to the team at Papworth Hospital, whom she credits with saving her
life. This was a hugely inspirational and defining moment for the Games, and I
was delighted to do this when I got back to London. To see her then win gold in
Rio was incredible. Through her achievement, Elizabeth has inspired thousands of
people and hugely deserves her place among the espnW IMPACT25.More on Elizabeth
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Graeme McDowell Ill never forget my first win, but this is a special one for me
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Fitzpatrick missed three straight cuts after his tie for seventh at The Masters
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