Ellie Challis
NationalityBritish
Disability classS3, SB2
SportPara swimming
ClubClacton Swimming Club (CSC); England
Birth date23 March 2004 (age 22)
Show-medalsno

Ellie Challis (born 23 March 2004) is a British para swimmer. She represented Great Britain at the 2020 and 2024 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

  1. ^ "Ellie Challis". paralympic.org. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "Ellie Challis". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  3. ^ "Inspirational Paralympian tells former classmates to keep believing anything is possible". 24 September 2021.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Gunston, Jo (2 September 2024). "Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: How quadruple amputee swimmer Ellie Challis was inspired by a dolphin with no tail". www.olympics.com