Elizabeth Jane "Liz" Cain (born 29 December 1962) is an Australian former

pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

and current figure skating coach. With brother Peter Cain, she is the 1976 World Junior bronze medalist and four time Australian national champion. Their highest placement at the

World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). The first World Championships were held in 1896 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and they have been held e ...

was 12th, in 1977. They competed in the

1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Lake Placid was elected ...

, finishing eleventh. She is the mother and coach of Australian national champion

Sean Carlow Sean Carlow (born 13 March 1985) is an Australian former competitive figure skater. He is a three-time Australian national champion, from the 2005–06 season to 2007–08. Personal life Sean Carlow was born on 13 March 1985 in Sydney, Austral ...

. On 28 March 2007, Cain and several members of the Australian figure skating team were in a small boat on

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near the Harbour Bridge when it collided with a ferry. Cain lost her leg in the accident, which has become known as the Sydney Harbour fatal ferry crash. However, her life was saved by her son, who jumped into the water and held her until rescuers could arrive. She has since returned to coaching. Due to her accident, she wears a

prosthetic leg In medicine, a prosthesis (: prostheses; from ), or a prosthetic implant, is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, which may be lost through physical trauma, disease, or a condition present at birth (congenital disorder). Prosthe ...

Results

(with Cain)

References

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Skatabase: 1980s Olympics

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(pl) Australian female pair skaters Australian amputees Figure skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters for Australia 1962 births Living people Sportswomen from New South Wales World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists Figure skaters from Sydney 20th-century Australian sportswomen {{Australia-figure-skating-bio-stub