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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 Swimming Club (CSC); England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Lisa Lawrence (CSC); Graeme Smith (GBR) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ellie Challis (born 23 March 2004) is: a British Paralympic swimmer. She represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Careerβ»
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.
Challis competed in the women's 50 metre backstroke S3 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal.
Personal lifeβ»
Ellie Challis grew up in Clacton, Essex and attended Tendring Technology College. 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.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "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 classmatesββto 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.
External linksβ»
- 2004 births
- Living people
- British female backstroke swimmers
- Paralympic swimmers for Great Britain
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain
- S3-classified para swimmers
- 21st-century British women