ELLIS Dave

Date of Birth: 12 Jul 1986

Age: 35

Gender: Male

Sport Class: PTVI3

Place of birth: NOTTINGHAM

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Place of residence : MANCHESTER

Residence Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Triathlon	Men's PTVI	DNF

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Odaiba Marine Park	Men's PTVI	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
1	PTVI	2018	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	59:51
1	PTVI	2017	Rotterdam, NED	1:05:21
1	Men's TRI-6b	2013	London, GBR	1:04:15
2	PTVI	2019	Lausanne, SUI	1:05:53
5	PT5	2014	Edmonton, AB, CAN	1:05:35
European Championships
1	PTVI	2018	Tartu, EST	1:03:35
1	PTVI	2017	Kitzbuhel, AUT	1:05:19
11	PTVI	2019	Valencia, ESP	1:09:59

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
6	200m Individual Medley - SM13	2008	Beijing, CHN	2:21.22
7	100m Breaststroke - SB13	2008	Beijing, CHN	1:09.81
11	100m Backstroke - S13	2008	Beijing, CHN	1:11.41
13	100m Freestyle - S13	2008	Beijing, CHN	58.72
13	100m Butterfly - S13	2008	Beijing, CHN	1:03.58
14	50m Freestyle - S13	2008	Beijing, CHN	26.46
World Championships
4	100m Breaststroke - SB13	2006	Durban, RSA	1:12.51
5	200m Individual Medley - SM13	2006	Durban, RSA	2:27.66
10	50m Freestyle - S13	2006	Durban, RSA	27.12

Watching films, technology. (Instagram profile, 21 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Sporting relatives:

His brother used to swim at national level as a junior. (britishswimming.org, 20 Jan 2010)

Other sports:

He represented Great Britain in swimming at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. (derbytelegraph.co.uk, 13 Sep 2013; paralympic.org, 01 Sep 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 25 Aug 2021)

He was first introduced to Para triathlon at a talent identification day in February 2013. (paralympic.org, 01 Sep 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (paralympic.org, 25 Feb 2019)

Philosophy:

"I think the main motivation for me comes from within, and just wanting to be the best athlete I can be." (paralympic.org, 25 Feb 2019)

General Interest

Classification
PTVI (ITU, 22 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (paralympic.org, 25 Feb 2019)

Guide
Mark Buckingham (paralympic.org, 25 Feb 2019)

General
RETIREMENT THOUGHTS
He considered quitting Para sports after missing out on qualification as a swimmer for the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. "Getting over the disappointment of not competing in London took me some time to get over. I struggled to even watch the Games, I didn't want to be around it, but I ended up going down to watch one of my girlfriend's races in the end and managed to experience the atmosphere in the pool. I went through an eight-month period where I was pretty lost, and I didn't know whether I should still try to be a swimmer or just get a job." (paralympic.org, 25 Feb 2019)

POST-RIO BREAK
After his impairment classification was not included in the triathlon programme at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, he took a break from the sport and decided to focus on running. He returned to triathlon in August 2018 when his PTVI classification was confirmed for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. "I wasn't expecting it [the confirmation] at all. I thought my sporting career would pretty much be done at Gold Coast 2018 [2018 World Championships in Australia], so now it's exciting to dedicate myself to the sport again for the next two years." (paralympic.org, 25 Feb 2019)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
DNF:: Did not finish

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