Ella Ramsay
{{Short description|Australian swimmer (born 2004)}}
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Ella Ramsay (born 12 July 2004) is an Australian Olympic swimmer who competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Early life
Ramsay was born in 2004{{Cite web |title=Ella Ramsay |url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1187590/ella-ramsay |access-date=29 July 2024 |website=Aquatics.com}} in Ipswich, Queensland. Her father Heath Ramsay had competed for Australia{{Cite news |last1=Belam |first1=Martin |last2=Howcroft |first2=Jonathan |last3=Howcroft (earlier) |first3=Martin Belam (now) Jonathan |date=29 July 2024 |title=Paris 2024 Olympics day three: Tom Daley in diving action; mountain biking, rugby sevens and more – live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2024/jul/29/paris-2024-olympics-day-three-swimming-rowing-rugby-sevens-and-more-live |access-date=2024-07-29 |work=the Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} as a butterfly swimmer but he had retired from competitive swimming and ran a swim centre in Ipswich.{{Cite news |last=Lems |first=David |date=9 August 2013 |title=Ramsay family helps bid to revitalise Ipswich swimming |pages=32 |work=The Queensland Times}}{{Cite news |date=29 November 2013 |title=Balancing act for coach Ramsay |pages=35 |work=The Queensland Times}}
Career
Ramsay demonstrated her versatility and performance at the Australian Age Championships in 2021. She raced in the 50, 100 and 200 metres freestyle and 100 and 200 metres breaststroke. She completed both the 200m and 400m individual medleys. She earned fourteen medals and in the following year, she defended her position in five different disciplines.{{Cite web |date=22 May 2022 |title=Ella Ramsay Results {{!}} Commonwealth Games Australia |url=https://commonwealthgames.com.au/athletes/ella-ramsay/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=commonwealthgames.com.au |language=en-AU}}
She came to international notice when she took a leg of the 200m individual medley at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.{{Cite web |title=Ella Ramsay |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-olympics-ella-ramsay-swimming-schedule-australia-women |access-date=29 July 2024 |website=Olympics.com}}
Her father had been her coach, but she moved on to Dean Boxall at St Peter’s Western Club in Brisbane. She took silver in the 100 metres breaststroke and gold in the 200 metres at the 2024 AUS Olympic Trials qualifying her for an Olympic place. She also came second in the 200-metre individual medley. Her final qualification for herself and Australia was her fast time for the 400m individual medley, which was 4:36.56.{{Cite web |title=A Star Rises in Chandler: Ella Ramsay's Journey to Olympics |url=https://carindalenews.com.au/index.php/a-star-rises-in-chandler-ella-ramsays-journey-to-olympics/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Carindale News |language=en-AU}}
Ramsay was in the Australian swimming team at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She was scheduled to compete in four events. She was to compete in breaststroke at both 100 and 200 metres and to race in the medleys at both 200m individual and in the 4 x 100m medley relay.
She and Jenna Forrester were both in the same 400m individual medley heat for Australia. Ramsay qualified for the final, but Forrester missed out by a fraction of a second after coming ninth.{{Cite web |date=29 July 2024 |title=Aussie shock as silver medallist out, 0.15sec costs star final as Titmus eyes GOAT status — LIVE |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/olympics/paris-olympics-2024-swimming-day-3-live-results-updates-schedule-ariarne-titmus-mollie-ocallaghan/news-story/229ddfe86c3a7e76a9caec8999e2fdc5 |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Fox Sports |language=en}}
Ramsay qualified for the 200m individual medley final but was a late withdrawal due to COVID-19.{{cite web |last1=Pender |first1=Kieran |title=Ariarne Titmus just falls short in latest instalment of Olympic swim rivalry with Katie Ledecky |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/04/paris-olympics-swimming-ariarne-titmus-kaylee-mckeown-men-s-medley-relay |website=The Guardian |access-date=4 August 2024 |date=3 August 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{World Aquatics}}
- {{Swimrankings}}
- {{Swimming Australia|ella-ramsay}}
- {{AOC profile}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
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Category:Australian female breaststroke swimmers
Category:Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:People from Ipswich, Queensland
Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen
Category:Olympic swimmers for Australia
Category:Olympic silver medalists in swimming