Ellie Challis Explained

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ellie Challis . paralympic.org . August 29, 2021.
2. Web site: Ellie Challis . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . August 29, 2021 . 29 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210829090545/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1725319-challis-ellie.htm . dead.
3. Web site: Inspirational Paralympian tells former classmates to keep believing anything is possible.
4. Web site: Ellie Challis: Tokyo Paralympics hopeful wants 'to do things everyone says I can't' . . . 29 August 2021 . 10 March 2021.
5. https://olympics.com/en/news/ellie-challis-quadruple-amputee-swimmer-inspired-film-dolphin-no-tail