Ellie simmonds where is she from

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I would go to school there and then Saturday after training in the morning we would drive back home. A few years back, I got the amazing opportunity to go and conquer that fear. It was the most incredible experience of my whole entire life, it made me realise how amazing the ocean is. Most of our planet is water and there are so many creatures still being discovered today.

The plastic and everything that is affecting it - we need to do more about it. Apart from that, I love my sport. More from the Woman's Hour Takeover Week Woman's Hour.

Main content. She's skilled in the kitchen. Despite taking a year out, Ellie is still keeping her fitness levels up. She used to be scared of the ocean — but is now passionate about saving it.

There are two downsides to being a swimmer. You must enable JavaScript to play content. The Paralympic champion gives us her tips for life. Simmonds continued her m IM dominance with a historic first sub-three minute swim in the SM6 category, winning gold in Bronze in the m freestyle was her eighth and last Paralympic medal, missing the podium in three finals in Tokyo — two of them won by team-mate Maisie Summers-Newton in a passing of the torch.

Again she made an early impact, with five gold medals aged 15 at Eindhoven and a further three in Montreal three years later. She was one of the faces of the British team for home events in Glasgow in and London in , winning m IM gold and m freestyle silver in Scotland as well as two bronze medals at each event.

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