Ellie Simmonds
She/Her
I’m a retired paralympic swimmer, having gone to four paralympic games. In Beijing 2008 I was 13 years old coming away with 2 Gold Medals. Since announcing my retirement after Tokyo 2020, I went on Strictly come dancing, representing the dwarfism community. In 2024 I won a BAFTA for my documentary ‘Ellie Simmonds – Finding my secret family’. Following on from that I was part of the coverage of the Olympic Games in paris with Eurosport and Discovery plus. I was also part of Channel 4’s leading coverage of the paris paralympics.
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