Elizabeth Gardner
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Elizabeth Gardner is an Australia
Australia
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n freestyle skier
Freestyle skiing
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Professional career

Gardner made her professional debut on 8 September 2001 at the Mount Buller women's aerial event. Since her debut, she has competed the Europa, Nor-Am, and World Cup. Her coach is Michel Roth.

Her best World Cup result was third at Fernie, British Columbia
Fernie, British Columbia
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 and Sauze d'Oulx, Italy
Sauze d'Oulx
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She has participated in two Olympic games; the 2006 Turin Olympics
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

 and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games
2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

. Gardner finished 23 in Turin. She has currently qualified for the finals at the Vancouver aerial event.

Personal life

Her nicknames vary from Gards and Beth to Lizard. Gardner was a gymnast before switching to aerials. She completed a bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
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 in Applied Science
Applied science
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 (Human Movement
Sports science
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) at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
RMIT University
RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....

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