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Our Young Sportswriter winner (age 10-12 category) on why the Paralympian has a special place in her heartEleanor May Simmonds. Some may call her a swimmer, some may call her a Paralympian but I call her my hero. Ellie Simmonds has completed many amazing things in her life so far: she is the youngest British swimmer to have ever competed at the Paralympics at only 13 years old; she is the youngest person to have ever received an OBE (Order of the British Empire) at 14 years old; in 2008 she won the BBC’s young sports personality of the year award at the age of 14.The list goes on and on and it is fair to say Ellie Simmonds has achieved a lot in 26 years. Ellie Simmonds has competed in the 2008, 2012 and the 2016 Paralympics and she is set to go to the 2021 Olympics as well. She has won eight Olympic medals – five of them were gold. Continue reading...