What is Ellie Simmonds?
'''Ellie Simmonds''' (born 11 November 1994) is a [[Paralympic]] [[swimmer]] with [[Achondroplasia|Achondroplasia dwarfism]]. She started swimming at the age of five.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ellie Simmonds|url=https://www.swansea.ac.uk/graduation/honoraryawards/honoraryawardsarchive/honoraryawars2018/elliesimmonds/|access-date=2023-01-05|website=www.swansea.ac.uk|archive-date=2023-01-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105032459/https://www.swansea.ac.uk/graduation/honoraryawards/honoraryawardsarchive/honoraryawars2018/elliesimmonds/|url-status=dead}}</ref> <!-- Awards section -->When she was 13, Ellie was the second youngest [[British people|British]] Paralympian to win a medal by competing at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games<ref>{{Cite web|title=Eleanor Simmonds - Swimming {{!}} Paralympic Athlete Profile|url=https://www.paralympic.org/eleanor-simmonds|access-date=2023-01-05|website=International Paralympic Committee|language=en}}</ref> by winning the 100m and 400m Freestyle swimming events.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ellie Simmonds - National Portrait Gallery|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp132183/eleanor-simmonds|access-date=2023-01-05|website=www.npg.org.uk|language=en}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}}{{Sports-biography-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Simmonds, Ellie}} [[Category:1994 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:British swimmers]] [[Category:Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain]]