William Ellard, born on 4 April 2006, is a British swimmer who competes in the S14 category for intellectual impairment and won three medals at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris. He took gold in the 200 metre freestyle S14, lowering the world record previously set by Reece Dunn by over a second, gold in the mixed 4 by 100 metre freestyle relay S14, and silver in the 100 metre butterfly S14. He grew up in Beccles in Suffolk, began swimming at the Beccles Kingfishers Swimming Club and attended Saint Felix School, and in 2023 he claimed gold in the men's 100 metre freestyle at the British World Series.
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William Ellard (born 4 April 2006) is a British swimmer, who won three medals at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, including gold in the 200 m freestyle S14 where he set a new world
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