Ellie Simmonds: Making impact beyond the pool

The Game Changers

As we look forward to the Paralympics at Paris 2024, we're sharing this previous episode with Paralympian Ellie Simmonds, which was first released on October 23, 2023.

Our guest in this episode is Ellie Simmonds, one of the world’s most celebrated Paralympians. A five-time Paralympic Champion and 14-time World Champion, Ellie shot to fame when she won her first Paralympic medals aged just 13, at the Beijing Paralympic Games.
After two gold medals there in 2008, Ellie went even better at London 2012. As the poster girl for the home games, she won 4 medals, including two Golds, and broke a further two World records. This success in London helped make Ellie the most recognised Paralympic athlete in Great Britain, if not the world. Rio 2016 saw Ellie once again top of the podium, winning another Gold and setting a new world record in the Individual Medley.

Ellie retired from the pool in 2021 after her fourth Paralympics Games in Tokyo, finishing her career with an incredible 5 Paralympic gold medals, 14 World titles, 10 European titles and countless World records broken along the way.

Ellie continues to work with a variety of charities including the Dwarf Sports Association, WaterAid, the Scouts and I AM WATER.

In recent years it’s been fabulous to see Ellie’s work in the media. Along with making powerful documentaries, Ellie’s been a guest on some of the country’s most popular shows including Celebrity Googlebox, celebrity Masterchef – which she won – and her appearance on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing last year which cemented her status as one of the nation’s most well-loved personalities.

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Capitole

1. Ellie Simmonds: Making impact beyond the pool (00:00:00)

2. Ellie Simmons (00:00:05)

3. Swimming Passion and Dream Inspiration (00:07:30)

4. Early Success and Team Bonding (00:14:15)

5. Olympic Pressure and Psychological Preparation (00:19:35)

6. Reflection on Career Success and Challenges (00:24:01)

7. Post-Retirement Reflections and Future Ambitions (00:33:52)

8. Promoting Women's Sports Through Podcast (00:39:55)