The famous Eleanor May Simmonds, OBE is a British former Paralympian swimmer who competed in S6 events. She came to national attention when she competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, winning two gold medals for Great Britain. She was the youngest member of the team, at the age of 13.
In 2011, Simmonds won the award for ‘Best British Sporting Performance for an Athlete with Disability’ at the Jaguar Academy of Sport Annual Awards. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London Simmonds won four medals, two golds, a silver, and a bronze. She took gold in the S6 400m with a new world record; gold in the S6 200m again with a new world record; silver in the S6 100m and bronze in the S6 50m. In celebration of her two gold medals, two Royal Mail postboxes were painted gold in her honor, one in Aldridge and one in Swansea.
Ellie Simmonds’s parents: Meet Val Simmonds, Steve Simmonds
Val Simmonds (mother), and Steve Simmonds (father) are the parents of former BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year who also boast 14 World Championship titles. and grandparent to Ellie Simmonds’s children Skye, 12, (daughter) and (son) Finlay, 17.
