Ellen Gandy


Country
Birth date
Age
15/08/1991 - BROMLEY (GBR) 
21
Height
Weight
Gender
169 cm / 5'7" 
62 kg / 137 lbs 
F
Sport
GANDY Ellen

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Olympic Games
Semifinal200m Butterfly2008Beijing, CHN2:10.60
World Championships
2200m Butterfly2011Shanghai, CHN2:05.59
44 x 100m Medley Relay2009Rome, ITA3:57.03
5100m Butterfly2011Shanghai, CHN57.55
64 x 100m Medley Relay2011Shanghai, CHN4:01.09
Semifinal100m Butterfly2009Rome, ITA58.25
Semifinal200m Butterfly2009Rome, ITA2:08.55
Heats50m Butterfly2011Shanghai, CHN27.01
Heats50m Butterfly2009Rome, ITA27.28
European Championships
3200m Butterfly2010Budapest, HUN2:07.54

Nickname

Ellie. (sportcentric.com, 25 Jan 2008)

Hobbies

Art. (sportcentric.com, 25 Jan 2008)

Occupation

Student

Club name

Beckenham [ENG] / Nunawading SC [AUS]

Coach

Rohan Taylor (swimming.org, 01 Dec 2010)

Position and style

Freestyle (britishswimming.co.uk, 06 Apr 2008)

Debut

2008 for England, World Short Course Championships (Manchester) (English Aquatics Team Media Guide, 2010)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
She took up the sport at the age of five at the Beckenham Swimming Club in Kent, England. (newsshopper.co.uk, 03 Apr 2008)

Reason for taking up this sport
She tagged along with her brother, who was asked to join a local swimming club. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2008)

Ambitions
To win a medal at the 2012 Olympics. (English Aquatics Team Media Guide, 2010)

Training
She does 13 training sessions a week, for a total of 23 hours. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2008)

Most memorable sporting achievement
Breaking the Commonwealth record at the British Championships in 2009 in Sheffield. (English Aquatics Team Media Guide, 2010)

Hero
The United States' multiple Tour de France-winning cyclist Lance Armstrong. (britishswimming.co.uk, 06 Apr 2008)

Most influential person in career
Her parents. (English Aquatics Team Media Guide, 2010)

Superstitions / Rituals
She likes to listen to her iPod and draw before competition. (britishswimming.co.uk, 06 Apr 2008)

Sporting philosophy / motto
"Work hard even when things get tough." (sportcentric.com, 25 Jan 2008)

"If it was easy, everybody would do it." (Athlete, 31 Jul 2008)

General
DOWN UNDER
In 2011 she was spending her third year living in Australia, training with the majority of the Australian swimming squad. The family moved there because her father had taken a job Down Under. (morethanthegames.co.uk, 01 Apr 2010)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008


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