Ellie Cole

Ellie Cole

AM

2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait
Personal information
Full name	Ellie Victoria Cole
National team	Australia
Born	(1991-12-12) 12 December 1991 (age 32) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Alma mater	Australian Catholic University
Years active	2003–2022
Life partner	Silvia Scognamiglio (2013–present)
Children	1
Website	https://elliecole.com.au
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, butterfly, freestyle
Classifications	S9, SM9, SB8
Club	Knox Pymble[1]
Coach	Nick Dobson[2]
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Paralympic Games 6 5 6 World Championships (LC) 3 3 4 Commonwealth Games 0 1 3 Total 9 9 13 Women's Paralympic swimming Representing  Australia Paralympic Games 2012 London 100 m freestyle S9 2012 London 100 m backstroke S9 2012 London 4×100 m freestyle 2012 London 4×100 m medley 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m freestyle 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m backstroke S9 2008 Beijing 100 m butterfly S9 2016 Rio de Janeiro 50 m freestyle S9 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m freestyle S9 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m medley 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle 34 pts 2008 Beijing 400 m freestyle S9 2008 Beijing 100 m backstroke S9 2012 London 50 m freestyle S9 2012 London 400 m freestyle S9 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m freestyle S9 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m medley 34pts World Championships (LC) 2015 Glasgow 100 m freestyle S9 2015 Glasgow 100 m backstroke S9 2015 Glasgow 4×100 m freestyle 34 points 2006 Durban 100 m backstroke S9 2015 Glasgow 4×100 m medley 34 points 2019 London 100m Backstroke S9 2010 Eindhoven 200 m medley SM9 2010 Eindhoven 400 m freestyle S9 2015 Glasgow 50 m freestyle S9 2019 London 400m Freestyle S9 Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast 100 m backstroke S9 2010 Delhi 100 m freestyle S9 2010 Delhi 100 m butterfly S9 2018 Gold Coast 100 m freestyle S9

Ellie Victoria Cole, AM (born 12 December 1991) is an Australian retired Paralympic swimmer and wheelchair basketball player. After having her leg amputated due to cancer, she trained in swimming as part of her rehabilitation program and progressed more rapidly than instructors had predicted. She began competitive swimming in 2003 and first competed internationally at the 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships, where she won a silver medal. Since then, she has won medals in the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, the Commonwealth Games, the Paralympic Games, the IPC Swimming World Championships, and various national championships.

Following the 2012 London Paralympics, where she won four gold and two bronze medals, Cole underwent two shoulder reconstructions and made a successful return to swimming at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships, winning five medals, including three golds. She subsequently represented Australia at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics, the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. In claiming her seventeenth Paralympic medal in Tokyo, Cole became Australia's most decorated female Paralympian with six gold, five silver and six bronze medals from four Paralympic Games.

It has been announced that Cole will be a Television host for the Paris Paralympics in 2024.^[3]