ELLIE COLE
GROWING UP, Paralympian Ellie Cole revered Australian swimming royalty. Now, the 29-year-old has become a legend herself. The champion in freestyle and backstroke has won 17 Paralympic medals, six of them gold. The addition of two more at this year’s Games (a silver and a bronze) secured her place in the sporting pantheon as Australia’s most decorated female Paralympian. Having topped off her fourth outing at a Paralympics by bearing the flag at the closing ceremony, Cole has signalled she will hang up her goggles after the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham next July-August. As the sun sets on her days as a competitive swimmer, what better time to reflect on where it all began and what she’s learned along the way?
“You shouldn’t be listening to the limitations everybody tries to put on you”
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ELLIE COLE
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