Annabelle Williams

Annabelle Josephine Williams was born on 21 July 1988 in Sydney, New South Wales. Williams is missing the lower part of her left arm as the result of a congenital limb deficiency. She is tall and weighs . Before becoming a swimmer, she was involved with athletics but had to leave the sport because of a stress fracture. ==Swimming==

Williams is an S9 swimmer and was a member of the Cranbrook Eastern Edge SC. During the March 2008 Olympic Trials, she broke the 50 m butterfly world record in the morning during a semi-final and then broke it again in the evening during the event final. The 50 m event is not one she had actively trained for, because the distance was not on the 2008 Paralympic programme. She participated in the World Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands in 2010 but did not medal. In preparation for the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she was one of 14 Australian Paralympic swimmers to participate in a training camp start on 13 May 2012 and ending 29 May at British International School Phuket. At the 2000 Games, she finished sixth in the Women's 50m Freestyle S9, seventh in the Women's 100m Freestyle S9 and was a member of the team that the gold medal in the Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34 Points. In the lead up to the Games, Williams trained on the Gold Coast in Queensland at Pizzey Park where she was coached by Denis Cotterell. ==References==