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{{short description|Australian Paralympic swimmer}}
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| image = 120411 - Annabelle Williams - 3b - 2012 Team processing.jpg
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| caption = 2012 Australian Paralympic
| fullname = Annabelle Williams
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| classification = [[S9 (classification)|S9, SB8, SM9]]
| strokes = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]], [[Butterfly stroke|butterfly]]
| club = Cranbrook Eastern Edge
| coach = Denis Cotterell
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| height = {{convert|1.68|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name=swimingaus/>
| weight = {{convert|60|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}<ref name=swimingaus/>
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[paralympic swimming]]}}
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==Personal==
Annabelle Josephine Williams was born on 21 July 1988 in Sydney, New South Wales.<ref name=swimingaus/><ref name=apcwebsite/> As a youngster, she lived in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]], only moving back to Australia when she was ten years old.<ref name=bisphuket/> She has completed a degree in international relations and law at [[Bond University]], [[Gold Coast, Queensland]]<ref name=apcwebsite>{{cite web|title=Annabelle Williams|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/annabelle-williams|work=Australian Paralympic Committee Website|
Williams is missing the lower part of her left arm as the result of a congenital limb deficiency.<ref name=ipc>{{cite web|title=Annabelle Williams|url=http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=-1&personid=606033|work=IOC Swimming Website|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|
==Swimming==
Williams is an [[S9 (classification)|S9]] swimmer<ref name=swimingaus/><ref name=apcwebsite/><ref name=acting>{{cite web|author=Jano Gibson in Delhi |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-10-05/aussie-williams-has-stars-in-her-eyes/2284992 |title=Aussie Williams has stars in her eyes – |publisher=ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |date=5 October 2010 |
Williams competed at the [[Aquatics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne]] winning a silver medal in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S9 and a bronze in the Women's 100 m Multi Disability Freestyle.<ref name=swimingaus/><ref name=clubmiami/><ref name=IPC-AUS/> In 2008, she was affiliated with the Miami Swimming Club, training five days a week with coaches Denis Cotterell and Raelene Ryan.<ref name=clubmiami>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2008/03/28/9410_gold-coast-sport.html |title=Hard work pays off for Annabelle Gold Coast Sport |publisher=goldcoast.com.au |date=28 March 2008 |
While completing her Paris internship, she trained at a local French swimming club ahead of the Commonwealth Games.<ref name=apcwebsite/> At the [[Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi]], she won a silver medal in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S9.<ref name=swimingaus/><ref name=cmomomnwealth>{{cite web|title=Commonwealth silver for Williams|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/commonwealth-silver-williams|work=Australian Paralympic Committee News, 5 October 2010|
[[File:060912 - Annabelle Williams - 3b - 2012 Summer Paralympics.jpg|thumb|left|Williams at the 2012 London Paralympics]]
She was awarded an [[Order of Australia Medal]] in the 2014 [[Australia Day Honours]] "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."<ref name="oam">{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]] |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/australia-day-honours-list-2014-in-full/story-fni0cx12-1226808786064|title=Australia Day honours list 2014: in full |date=26 January 2014 |
==References==
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==External links==
{{wikinews|2012 Australian Paralympic swim team announced}}
* {{Paralympics Australia|annabelle-williams|archive=20160802105637}}
* {{IPC}}
* {{Instagram}}
{{2012 Australian Paralympic Team}}
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[[Category:1988 births]]
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[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games]]
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[[Category:Paralympic medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games]]
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