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About Ellie Simmonds
British retired Paralympic swimmer
Ellie Simmonds is a British retired Paralympic swimmer, born in 1994. She competed in S6 events and came to national attention at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. At those Games, she was the youngest member of the Great Britain team, at 13, and won two gold medals. Her profile is closely tied to that early success and to her career as a Paralympian swimmer.
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- “My philosophy is that there is no point in being sad or hating who you are.”Ellie Simmonds
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