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United Kingdom Ellie Simmonds OBE is a decorated Paralympic swimmer, five-time Paralympic champion, and World Record holder, who has transitioned into a broadcast personality and advocate for disability inclusion and environmental causes.
Paralympic swimmer, Ellie Simmonds, partnered with the SHEBA® Brand to help preserve the world's oceans, including visiting Hope Reef.
Ellie Simmonds helped launch a new fashion label for people 5ft (1.52m) tall and under.
Independent fashion brand Scamp & Dude collaborated with Ellie Simmonds for its 'Super Scarf' charitable initiative, with Ellie designing the latest 'Super Scarf'.
Ellie Simmonds featured in a post for Oral-B, endorsing their product for making her teeth feel cleaner.
Speedo, the swimwear brand, signed Ellie Simmonds OBE to join its roster of British talent.
Since 2023, Simmonds has been one of several British Olympians and Paralympians to feature in adverts for British Gas.
Born on November 11, 1994, in Glossop, Derbyshire, Eleanor May Simmonds OBE is a British retired Paralympian swimmer specializing in S6 events. Ellie developed an interest in swimming at age five and later moved to Swansea at age 11 for advanced training. Her career took off at the 2008 Beijing Summer Paralympics where, at just 13, she was the youngest British athlete and secured two gold medals in the 100m freestyle S6 and 400m freestyle S6, breaking her own world record. Her success continued with five European golds in 2009 and four World Championship titles in 2010.
Ellie maintained her dominant performance at the London 2012 Paralympics, earning two gold medals in the 400m freestyle S6 and 200m individual medley SM6, along with a silver and a bronze. She set new world records in both gold-winning events. Following London, she continued to achieve highly, winning three gold medals at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal and two more European golds in 2014. By 2015, training in Manchester, she added another gold at the IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow in the 200m individual medley SM6. At the Rio 2016 Paralympics, she defended her 200m individual medley SM6 gold, becoming the first S6 swimmer to break the three-minute mark, and also secured a bronze in the 400m freestyle S6.
After a brief break, Ellie returned to win two bronze medals at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London. For the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, she was honored as ParalympicsGB’s flagbearer. Although she narrowly missed the podium, Tokyo marked her fourth and final Paralympic Games, concluding her competitive swimming career. Post-retirement, Ellie has become a presenter for BBC Sport, covered events like the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and the 2024 Paralympics, and has appeared on television shows such as “Strictly Come Dancing” (2022) and “The Great Celebrity Bake-Off.” Her documentaries, including “Ellie Simmonds: Finding My Secret Family” (2023), have received critical acclaim, with the latter winning a BAFTA in 2024. She also won the fourth series of “Cooking with the Stars” in August 2024. Ellie serves as a patron for Dwarf Sports Association UK, an ambassador for The Scout Association, Girlguiding leader, The Prince’s Trust, and a WaterAid ambassador.
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