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Ellie Cole<br />
Swimmer, Six-time Paralympic gold medallist, 15-time Paralympic medallist<br />
Paralympic swimmer, Six-time gold medallist, 15-time medallist<br />
Nothing resonates stronger with Ellie<br />
Cole, than her potential to inspire<br />
others with the belief that anything is possible,<br />
no matter the odds.<br />
Nothing had changed about me,<br />
other than I’d lost a leg.<br />
When she was two, Ellie’s mother noticed what<br />
she thought was a spider bite on the back of<br />
her leg. That spider bite turned out to be a<br />
rare form of cancer, which saw Ellie’s parents<br />
having to make the excruciating decision to<br />
amputate their daughter’s leg or face losing<br />
her altogether.<br />
“Speaking to my Mum about that time, she said<br />
she was worried the little girl going into the<br />
operating theatre wouldn’t be the same when<br />
she came out,” says Ellie. “But two days after<br />
I had my leg amputated, I was going up and