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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

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