ROBINSON Eleanor

Date of Birth: 30 Aug 2001

Age: 20

Gender: Female

Sport Class: S6

Place of birth: NORTHAMPTON

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Place of residence : GREAT BRITAIN

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 50m Freestyle - S6
	Women's 50m Butterfly - S6	5
	Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points GBR Great Britain	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 50m Freestyle - S6 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 50m Butterfly - S6 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 50m Butterfly - S6 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
1	50m Butterfly - S6	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	35.58
3	100m Freestyle - S6	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:14.43
4	50m Freestyle - S6	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	35.24
4	400m Freestyle - S6	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5:27.53
World Championships
2	50m Butterfly - S6	2019	London, GBR	35.61
4	50m Freestyle - S6	2019	London, GBR	33.94
4	100m Freestyle - S6	2019	London, GBR	1:14.14
Commonwealth Games
1	50m Butterfly - S7	2018	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	35.72
European Championships
1	50m Butterfly - S6	2020	Funchal, POR	36.39
1	50m Butterfly - S6	2018	Dublin, IRL	36.57
2	100m Freestyle - S6	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:13.46
3	100m Freestyle - S6	2020	Funchal, POR	1:18.52
3	50m Freestyle - S6	2018	Dublin, IRL	34.31
4	50m Freestyle - S6	2020	Funchal, POR	35.80

Ellie (paralympic.org, 29 Jan 2021)

Watching Formula One, reading, writing. (telegraph.co.uk, 12 Sep 2020; paralympics.org.uk, 19 Aug 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

History, Politics

Languages spoken:

Northampton Swimming Club [Great Britain]

Jacquie Marshall [club], GBR

2015 for Great Britain (northamptonchron.co.uk, 28 Apr 2015)

She was diagnosed with Perthes' disease, a disorder affecting the hip joint, in November 2012. She had to undergo daily physiotherapy, and was able to return to training in April 2014. (sportsaid.org.uk, 02 Dec 2014)

She learned to swim at age four, and joined Northampton Swimming Club in England at age 11. She began to compete in 2012. (sportsaid.org.uk, 02 Dec 2014; paralympics.org.uk, 19 Aug 2020)

She was inspired to get involved in Para sport after watching British swimmer Ellie Simmonds compete at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. She was introduced to Para swimming at a Playground to Podium assessment day in 2012 in Northampton, England. "Before the [swimming] season started in September [2012], I went to the Aquatics Centre in London, where I watched the Paralympic GB athletes competing. The excitement surrounding the London [Paralympic] Games was definitely a catalyst to the start of my swimming career." (sportsaid.org.uk, 02 Dec 2014; paralympic.org, 29 Jan 2021; paralympics.org.uk, 19 Aug 2020)

To win medals at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, improving on the gold and bronze she won at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (sportsbeatvideo YouTube channel, 06 Apr 2018; telegraph.co.uk, 12 Sep 2020)

She does eight pool sessions and two gym sessions a week. (tokyo2020.org, 11 Mar 2021)

British Para swimmer Ellie Simmonds, British Para athletes Jonnie Peacock and Hannah Cockroft. (sportsaid.org.uk, 02 Dec 2014; prostinternational.com, 13 Jun 2020)

Philosophy:

"If I can inspire one child somewhere in the world, that's enough for me. That's partly why I swim." (northamptonchron.co.uk, 31 Dec 2016)

In 2020 she was named in The Shaw Trust Power 100, which is compiled by British charity the Shaw Trust and lists the 100 most influential people with an impairment in the United Kingdom. (Twitter profile, 23 Oct 2020; disabilitypower100.com, 23 Oct 2020)

She was named Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire [MBE] in the 2017 New Year's Honours list. (bbc.com, 31 Dec 2016)

She was named the 2016 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year. (bbc.co.uk, 14 Dec 2016)

She was named the 2014 Achiever of the Year by Northampton Disability Sports in England. (sportsaid.org.uk, 02 Dec 2014)

She received the award for Outstanding Female Performance at the 2014 British Short Course Championships in Manchester, England. (sportsaid.org.uk, 02 Dec 2014)

General Interest

Classification
S6, SB6, SM6 (IPC, 24 Feb 2021)

Type of Impairment
Short stature (telegraph.co.uk, 10 Sep 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (telegraph.co.uk, 10 Sep 2016)

Impairment Details
She was born with cartilage-hair hypoplasia [CHH] and is a person of short stature. (prostinternational.com, 13 Jun 2020; tokyo2020.org, 11 Mar 2021)

General
THE GIRL IN THE BIG COAT
Before winning gold in the S6 50m butterfly at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, she drew attention for wearing an over-sized jacket with the hood up as she entered poolside before the race. "I always love when people ask about it. It's just, people asking me really shows how involved they got. It shows how much progress [has been] made. I think when people have something like that coat effectively, it really helps them remember the Paralympic Games. They say, 'Oh, of course I remember seeing that kid that walked out in a huge coat. What a weirdo'." (telegraph.co.uk, 12 Sep 2020)

AMBASSADOR
She was selected as one of 13 athlete ambassadors for ParalympicsGB's 'Impossible to Ignore' campaign, which will see her appear in the British Paralympic team's promotional branding in the athletes' village at the 2020 Games in Tokyo, as well as in digital content. "The 'Impossible to Ignore' campaign has helped me to create what I believe is one of the biggest impacts that sport has had on my life - my identity. To be an athlete carries a huge identity and with it we can choose to pursue all manner of aspirations." (paralympic.org, 29 Jan 2021)

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Legend

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

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