Ellie Challis

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| club = Clacton Swimming Club (CSC); England

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Ellie Challis (born 23 March 2004) is a British Paralympic swimmer. She represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Career

Challis made her international debut at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships and won a bronze medal in the women's 50 metre backstroke S3.{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/ellie-challis |title=Ellie Challis |website=paralympic.org |access-date=August 29, 2021}}

Challis competed in the women's 50 metre backstroke S3 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1725319-challis-ellie.htm |title=Ellie Challis |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |access-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-date=29 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829090545/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1725319-challis-ellie.htm |url-status=dead}}

Personal life

Ellie Challis born in Harold Wood and grew up in Clacton, Essex and attended Tendring Technology College.{{Cite web |url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/19601165.inspirational-paralympian-tells-former-classmates-keep-believing-anything-possible/ |title=Inspirational Paralympian tells former classmates to keep believing anything is possible|date=24 September 2021 }} When she was 16 months old, Challis contracted meningitis, which resulted in the above knee amputation of her legs and a below elbow amputation of her arms.{{cite web |title=Ellie Challis: Tokyo Paralympics hopeful wants 'to do things everyone says I can't' |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/disability-sport/56238200 |website=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=29 August 2021 |date=10 March 2021}}

She was inspired to take up swimming after watching the movie Dolphin Tale.https://olympics.com/en/news/ellie-challis-quadruple-amputee-swimmer-inspired-film-dolphin-no-tail