Ellie Simmonds successfully defended her gold medal in the 200m individual medley on September 12, 2016, at the Rio Paralympics, breaking a new world record, the first under 3 minutes at 2:59.81. Simmonds also took home a bronze medal in the 400m freestyle at the 2016 Paralympics. Simmonds was appointed to the board of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee in January 2019.
Simmonds and swimmer Matthew Whorwood are both patrons of the Dwarf Sports Association UK. According to Simmonds, the charity “It’s a nonprofit organization that supports and encourages athletes that are undersized. The convention we have in the spring is one of the highlights of the year. Everything is available, including athletics and power lifting.”
Ellie Simmonds height
British paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds was born on November 11th, 1994 in Walsall, England. Ellie Simmonds is 26 years old and stands at 4 feet, 0 inches (123.0 cm).
Ellie Simmonds weight
Ellie Simmonds weighs 49 kilograms (99 pounds).
She was once more chosen for the Great Britain team in 2012, and she was swimming at a London home competition. She added two more gold medals to her collection in London, when she established a world record in the 400-meter freestyle, and she won a second gold at the Rio Paralympics in 2016, this time breaking the 200-meter medley world record.
