Ellie Simmonds

Ellie Simmonds is a retired British Paralympic swimmer who competed in the S6 classification and has achondroplasia. She came to national attention at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing, where at thirteen she was the youngest member of the British team and won gold in the 100 and 400 metres freestyle. In London in 2012 she won the 400 metres freestyle in a world record time and the 200 metres individual medley, and in Rio in 2016 she retained the medley title with the first time below three minutes, adding a bronze in the 400 metres freestyle. She has also won ten gold World Championship titles. Born in Glossop, she grew up in Aldridge and trained in Swansea from the age of eleven.