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Ella Pardy

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Ella Pardy (athletics) made her international debut at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games where she placed ninth in the women’s F37/38 long jump. She narrowly missed the medals in the 100m T37/38 at her next two appearances on the Gold Coast in 2018 and Birmingham in 2022.

Diagnosed with autism when she was three years old, Ella embraced sport as a way of easing insomnia, trying everything from figure skating to equestrian. At 16, she began competing in athletics, initially in the intellectual disability category. However, also having cerebral palsy allowed her to be reclassified in the T38 class.

Following the Glasgow Games, she won selection for the first of five world championships in Doha in 2015 where she finished in the top five in both the 100m and 200m. Then, as a member of the 4x100m relay for the combined T35-T38 classes at her maiden Paralympic Games at Rio 2016, Ella picked up a bronze medal and was 6th in the 100m T38. Her second Paralympics in Tokyo saw her again make the 100m final but did not qualify for the final at her third Games in Paris in 2024.

Ella’s second world championships in London in 2017 saw her finish just short of the medals once more in the 100m, while two years later in Dubai brought 5th placings in the 100m and 200m. She also had fifth place finishes in the both the 100m and 200m T38 at the Paris 2023 world championships and a sixth in the 100m in 2024 in Kobe.

Sport / Discipline

Athletics

Birth Place

London, England

Date of Birth

22/12/1990

Age

34

Glasgow, 2014

Gold Coast, 2018

Birmingham, 2022

Results History

GAMES SPORT / DISCIPLINE EVENT / PHASE OPPONENT PERFORMANCE RESULT MEDAL

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Additional Information

Languages Spoken:

ping pong table

Are you a citizen of a country other than Australia? If yes, please provide details?

NO

Education Details:

Yr 12 St Stephens

Club details:

UWA

Why did you begin your sport?

To get her tired.

Do you have any pre-competition routines or rituals?

Do your hair & makeup

What is your most memorable sporting achievement?

winning a bronze medal in Rio

Who is your hero / idol, and why? Have you ever met them?

Usain Bolt - and competed him in Nitro & met him.

Who has been the most influential person or people in your career and why?

Mother

Do you have any hobbies away from your sport?

cooking, singing

What is your sporting ambition?

get to Tokyo 2020

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