Ellie Simmonds is a British swimmer who has eleven world records and four paralympic gold medals to her name.
She rose to prominence when, at the age of 13, she won her first Paralympic medal in the 2008 Beijing Games. Ellie became the youngest recipient of an MBE and the youngest winner of the BBC Young Sports Personality Of The Year award in 2008 at the age of 14.
Where did Ellie Simmonds go to college and high school?
Simmonds was born in Walsall and raised in Aldridge, which is part of the Metropolitan Walsall Borough.
She finished elementary school at Cooper and Jordan CofE Primary before moving on to Aldridge School and, later, Olchfa School in Swansea.
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She was again chosen for the Great Britain team in 2012, swimming at a home competition in London.
She is currently a member of the BBC broadcast crew, and she covered every swimming event at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
