Ella Connolly

{{Short description|Australian sprinter (born 2000)}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Ella Connolly

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|7|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

| height = 1.74 m{{cite web |title=Connolly Ella |work=Paris 2024 Olympics |access-date=31 August 2024 |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/ella-connolly_1939764 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831032215/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/ella-connolly_1939764 |archive-date=31 August 2024}} ([https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/ella-connolly_1939764 alternate link])

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| country = Australia

| sport = Sprinting

| event = 60 metres, 100 metres,
200 metres, 400 metres,
4 × 100 metres, 4 × 400 metres

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{{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}}

{{Medal|Country|{{flagu|Australia}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2025 Nanjing|4 × 400 m relay}}

{{Medal|Competition |World U20 Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2018 Finland|4 × 400 metres relay}}

{{Medal|Competition |Commonwealth Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2022 Birmingham|4 × 100 m relay}}

{{Medal|Competition|Oceania Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2024 Suva|100 m}}

}}

Ella Connolly (born 13 July 2000) is an Australian sprinter.{{cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/australia/ella-connolly-297255 |title=Ella Connolly |website=IAAF.org |access-date=13 August 2017 |archive-date=28 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528114545/https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/australia/ella-connolly-297255 |url-status=dead }}

She competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics{{cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-championships-london-2017-5151/results/women/4x400-metres-relay/heats/startlist#resultheader |title=4 × 400 metres Women |website=IAAF.org |access-date=13 August 2017 |archive-date=3 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403195932/https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-championships-london-2017-5151/results/women/4x400-metres-relay/heats/startlist#resultheader |url-status=dead }} and at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships, with the latter Australian team and this Connolly winning the silver medal.

Connolly was the national 100 m and 200 m champion in 2022 and part of the Australian 4 × 100 m relay team which set a championship record in winning the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships. She made her individual debut at the World Athletics Championships in 2022 in the 200 metres. A couple of weeks later, Connolly was part of the Australian sprint relay team which finished third in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Connolly was a member of the relay teams that broke the Australian 4 × 100 m record three times in 2024: first in March at the Sydney Track Classic; then in May in the heats of the World Relay Championships in the Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas;{{Cite web |title=OLYMPIC-QUALIFYING-ROUND-2 | 4x100 Metres Relay | Results | Bahamas 24 | World Athletics Relays |url=https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-relays/bahamas24/results/women/4x100-metres-relay/olympic-qualifying-round-2/summary |access-date=6 May 2024 |website=worldathletics.org}} and then in July at the London Diamond Leagues Athletics Meet where they ran 42.48 seconds.{{cite web |title=Women's 4 × 100m Relay Results |url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/LONDON_2024/PDF_ATHW4X100M--ADDITIONALFNL-000100--_C73D.PDF |website=swisstiming.com |publisher=2024 London Athletics Meet |date=20 July 2024 |access-date=20 July 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722142619/https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/LONDON_2024/PDF_ATHW4X100M--ADDITIONALFNL-000100--_C73D.PDF |archive-date=22 July 2024}}

She was Oceania 100 m champion in 2024 and competed in the individual 100 metres and the 4 × 100 m relay races at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris.