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By all means, she seems it. Ellen is bubbly, friendly, likes hanging out with her friends and enjoys baking.
”In Ireland, all people think of when they hear ‘disability’ is someone in a wheelchair or someone who is blind or deaf. They don’t realise that it is out there so when they actually see it they stare.” ”It’s so important for anyone to be involved in sport, but especially kids. When you’re growing up, you can be so insecure about your body but when you are competing in a sport, you don’t really have time for any of that.”
Her next Paralympics in London in 2012 was a complete turning point. Ellen realised that she could not get by on her talent alone. She needed to pull up her socks and get serious about her training which is exactly what she did. After enlisting the help of coach David Malone, she trained hard and thankfully it paid off as she won bronze in Rio in 2016. But for Ellen, the sport is about so much more than winning prizes.
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