McCONNELL Ashleigh

Date of Birth: 26 Mar 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Sport Class: S9

Place of birth: MELBOURNE, VIC

Birth Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 100m Freestyle - S9	6
	Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Pts AUS Australia	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Points Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Freestyle - S9 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Freestyle - S9 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
1	4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Points	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4:16.65
6	100m Freestyle - S9	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:05.19
7	50m Freestyle - S9	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	29.63
15	400m Freestyle - S9	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5:16.28
World Championships
1	4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Points	2015	Glasgow, GBR	4:24.17
4	50m Freestyle - S9	2015	Glasgow, GBR	29.84
9	100m Freestyle - S9	2015	Glasgow, GBR	1:06.75
12	100m Backstroke - S9	2015	Glasgow, GBR	1:19.88
12	200m Individual Medley - SM9	2015	Glasgow, GBR	2:55.13
Commonwealth Games
3	100m Backstroke - S9	2018	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	1:15.93

Ash (Twitter profile, 25 Mar 2015; Melton Swimming Club, 01 Jul 2012; Facebook profile, 13 Dec 2017)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Business - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology [RMIT] University, Australia

Partner Rheed McCracken

Languages spoken:

Melbourne Vicentre Swimming Club [Australia]

Brendan Burkett [national], AUS

Sporting relatives:

Her partner Rheed McCracken has represented Australia in wheelchair racing. He won silver in the men's T34 100m at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympic Games, and at the 2013, 2017 and 2019 world championships. (SportsDeskOnline, 30 Jul 2021; Instagram profile, 20 Jan 2021)

2015 for Australia (paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2017)

She began swimming at age four. (sunbury-leader.whereilive.com.au, 22 Feb 2011; alchetron.com, 07 Apr 2018)

She took up swimming in the hope that it would encourage her older sister to learn as well. (paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2017)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 17 Jun 2021; paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2017)

Australian Para swimmers Ellie Cole and Matthew Cowdrey, Australian swimmer Eamon Sullivan. (vis.org.au, 2012; paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2017)

Her family. (Melton Swimming Club, 01 Jul 2012)

Philosophy:

"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the further you get." [Michael Phelps] (vis.org.au, 2012; alchetron.com, 07 Apr 2018)

In January 2017 she received a Medal of the Order of Australia [OAM] in recognition of her winning a gold medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (heraldsun.com.au, 26 Jan 2017; paralympic.org, 28 Jan 2017)

General Interest

Classification
S9, SB9, SM9 (IPC, 20 Jun 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Twitter profile, 30 Apr 2013; paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2017)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2017)

Impairment Details
She was born without a left forearm. (Twitter profile, 30 Apr 2013; paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2017; alchetron.com, 07 Apr 2018)

Social Media

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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