After competing in SB6 and S6 classification events, she now holds the World record in the 100m butterfly and the Paralympic record in the S6 50m butterfly category
Eleanor Robinson, an English swimmer, has been defying stereotypes of age and body images through her effortless talent in swimming. And all of this grit and talent came at a very young age of 13 in Ellie as she is called. After competing in SB6 and S6 classification events, she now holds the World record in the 100m butterfly and the Paralympic record in the S6 50m butterfly. In 2016, she fetched four medals at the IPC Swimming European Championships. This winning streak remained intact at the Rio Paralympics in 2016, with a gold medal in the women’s S6 50m butterfly event and a bronze medal in the women’s S6 100m freestyle event. That said, she has been noted for her “gangsta swagger” image, highlighting the dramatic entry she makes before belting it out, mostly wearing an oversized coat with its hood up. The 2018 Commonwealth Games saw Robinson striking gold at the women’s S7 50m butterfly event, and at the World Para Swimming European Championships in Dublin. She also won the women’s S6 50m butterfly gold surpassing Nicole Turner and Oksana Khrul.