Ellie Challis
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Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (2004-03-23) 23 March 2004 (age 20) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | S3, SB2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Clacton Swimming Club (CSC); England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Lisa Lawrence (CSC); Graeme Smith (GBR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ellie Challis (born 23 March 2004) is a British Paralympic swimmer. She represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Career
Challis made her international debut at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships and won a bronze medal in the women's 50 metre backstroke S3.[1]
Challis competed in the women's 50 metre backstroke S3 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal.[2]
Personal life
Ellie Challis born in Harold Wood and grew up in Clacton, Essex and attended Tendring Technology College.[3] When she was 16 months old, Challis contracted meningitis, which resulted in the above knee amputation of her legs and a below elbow amputation of her arms.[4]
She was inspired to take up swimming after watching the movie Dolphin Tale.[5]
References
- ^ "Ellie Challis". paralympic.org. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Ellie Challis". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Inspirational Paralympian tells former classmates to keep believing anything is possible".
- ^ "Ellie Challis: Tokyo Paralympics hopeful wants 'to do things everyone says I can't'". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ https://olympics.com/en/news/ellie-challis-quadruple-amputee-swimmer-inspired-film-dolphin-no-tail
External links
- Ellie Challis at British Swimming
- Ellie Challis at the British Paralympic Association
- Ellie Challis at the International Paralympic Committee
- Ellie Challis on X