Ellie Simmonds
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About
English Paralympic swimmer who won two gold medals at the 2008 Summer Paralympics at age 13, in the 100m and 400m freestyle events. She became a Psychology major at Loughborough University.
Before Fame
She first became interested in swimming at the age of 5.
Trivia
She set the Paralympic 400m freestyle world record in 2008. She set a world record for the 200m medley at the Rio Paralympics in 2016.
Family Life
She has three sisters and one brother.
Associated With
She, like Emily Blunt , is a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).