Eleanor May Simmonds, OBE (born 11 November 1991) is a British former Paralympian. Simmonds won four medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, including two golds, a silver, and a bronze.
She won gold in the S6 400m, setting a new world mark, gold in the S6 200m, setting another world record, silver in the S6 100m, and bronze in the S6 50m. To commemorate her two gold medals, two Royal Mail postboxes in Aldridge and Swansea were painted gold in her honor. Simmonds was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for his contributions to Paralympic sport.
What ethnicity is? Where did Ellie Simmonds grow up?
Simmonds who is white grew up in Aldridge, a part of the Metropolitan Walsall Borough.
Simmonds was named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2008.
In the 2009 New Year Honours, Simmonds was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
She was the youngest person ever to get this honor when she was 14 years old.
On February 18, 2009, Queen Elizabeth II bestowed the honor on her.
In March 2012, she became the first swimmer to break a world record at London’s AquaticsCentre in the 200 m individual medley.
Her winning time of 3:08.14 was more than a half-second faster than her previous best.
Simmonds received the Jaguar Academy of Sport Annual Awards in 2011 for ‘Best British Sporting Performance for an Athlete with Disability.’
