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Maddison Elliott
2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Elliott
Personal information
Full nameMaddison Gae Elliott
Nationality Australia
Born (1998-11-03) 3 November 1998 (age 26)
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClassificationsS9
ClubNU Swim
CoachPaul Sharman
Medal record
Women's
paralympic swimming
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 50 m freestyle S8
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m freestyle S8
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 50 m freestyle S8
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m backstroke S8
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London 100 m freestyle S8
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London 400 m freestyle S8
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2013 Montreal 50 m freestyle S8
Gold medal – first place 2013 Montreal 100 m freestyle S8
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow 50m freestyle S8
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow 100m freestyle S8
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow 100m backstroke S8
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow 4 × 100m freestyle relay 34 points
Silver medal – second place 2013 Montreal 400 m freestyle S8
Silver medal – second place 2015 Glasgow 4 × 100m medley relay 34 points
Silver medal – second place 2015 Glasgow 400m freestyle S8
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Glasgow 100m butterfly S8
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow 100 m freestyle S8

Maddison Gae Elliott,

OAM (born 3 November 1998) is an Australian swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, she became the youngest Australian Paralympic medallist by winning bronze medals in the women's 400 m and 100 m freestyle S8 events. She then became the youngest Australian gold medallist when she was a member of the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34 points team.[1] At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she won three gold and two silver medals.[2]

Personal

Maddison Gae Elliott was born on 3 November 1998 in Newcastle, New South Wales.[3][4] She has right side cerebral palsy as a result of a neonatal stroke, and was diagnosed with the condition when she was four years old.[3] In addition to swimming, she participated in athletics, and by 2010 held six Australian age group classification records.[5] In 2016, she was living in Gillieston Heights, New South Wales, and a year 12 student at Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College. She has an older sister, younger sister and younger brother.[3][6]

Swimming

Elliott was originally an S8 classified swimmer but in 2017 she was reclassified as S9, a classification for athletes with less physical impairment.[7][3] She is a member of Nuswim Swimming Club,[5] started swimming when she was six months old,[5] and commenced competitive swimming in 2009. She made her national team debut that same year at the Youth Paralympic Games, where she won five gold medals.[3]

Elliott at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

By 2010, Elliott held three Australian age group classification records,[5] and the 2010 New South Wales Multi-Class Long Course Swimming Championships, she had five first-place finishes.[5] She represented Australia at the 2011 Oceania Paralympic Championships, and later that year competed in the Canberra hosted Australian Multi-Class Age Swimming Championships. At that event, she won a bronze, five silver and three gold medals.[3] She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London in swimming.[8][9]

On 31 August 2012 at the

Lord Coe, who gave him a Mandeville in return.[16]

In November 2012, Elliott and

Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."[4]

Elliott interviewed after being named 2012 Junior Athlete of the Year at the Australian Paralympian of the Year ceremony

Elliott won a gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in the women's 100 m S8 freestyle in a world record time of 1:05.32, breaking the record set by Jessica Long in 2012.[20]

At the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships, Elliott won the gold medals in the women's 50 m freestyle S8, women's 100 m freestyle S8 in a world record time of 1.04.71, women's 100 m backstroke S8 and women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34 points, silver medals in the women's 400 m freestyle S8 and women's 4 × 100 m medley relay 34 points and a bronze medal in the women's 100 m butterfly S8.[21][22][23][24][25]

Elliott at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Her success at the IPC World Championships led to her being awarded Swimming Australia's 2015 Paralympic Swimmer of the Year.[26] In November 2015, she was awarded the New South Wales Institute of Sport Regional Athlete of the Year.[27]

At the

Australian Paralympic Female Athlete of the Year
, adding to her impressive list of accolades.

In 2017, Elliott was reclassified to

cyber bullying as a result of classification issues.[30]

Recognition

2012 Australian Paralympic Team official photo
  • 2012 – Australian Paralympic Junior Athlete of the Year
  • 2014 –
    Medal of the Order of Australia
  • 2015 – Paralympic Swimmer of the Year at the Swimming Australia awards.
  • 2015 – NSWIS Regional Athlete of the Year
  • 2015 – NSW Athlete of the Year with a Disability[31]
  • 2016 – Paralympic Swimmer of the Year at the Swimming Australia awards.[32]
  • 2016 – NSWIS Female Athlete of the Year, NSWIS Regional Athlete of the Year, NSWIS Junior Athlete of the Year[33]
  • 2016 –
    Australian Paralympic Female Athlete of the Year.[34]

References

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  2. ^ "Swimming Australia Paralympic Squad Announcement". Swimming Australia News, 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  3. ^
    Australian Paralympic Committee
    . 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Australia Day honours list 2014: in full". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d e Kelly, Lauren (11 November 2010). "Maddison's eyes on Paralympics". Herald Sun. Melbourne, Australia. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Bishop Tyrrell Students Competing on the Global Sports Stage". Newcastle Anglican website. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  7. ^ Greenwood, Emma (18 September 2017). "Paralympic golden girl Maddison Elliott to miss world championships after reclassification". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  8. Australian Paralympic Committee. 10 July 2012. Archived from the original
    on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  9. ^ "Cowdrey leads Paralympic swim team". ABC News. ABC Grandstand Sport – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 10 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  10. ^ "Maddison Elliott". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  11. ^ "Maddison Elliott". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  12. ^ Wald, Tom (1 September 2012). "Swimmer Maddison Elliott becomes Australia's youngest Paralympic medallist at 13 years old". Fox Sports. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  13. ^ Paxinos, Stathi (27 August 2012). "Time for a young talent to shine". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  14. ^ "Australian Paralympic swimmer Maddison Elliott offers feigned 'apology' to Prince Harry". News.com.au. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  15. Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original
    on 27 April 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  16. ^ "Coe: No Paralympic Surprises So Far". Around the Rings. 6 September 2012. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
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    . Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  18. ^ "Dreams come true at IPC World Championships". Swimming Australia News. 15 August 2013. Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  19. ^ "Twenty-seven medals for the Australian swim team in Montreal". Swimming Australia News. 19 August 2013. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  20. ^ "Maddison Elliott breaks world record at Commonwealth Games 2014 in swimming for Australia". 26 July 2014. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  21. ^ "Ellie's world record double in golden start for Dolphins in Glasgow". Swimming Australia News, 14 July 2015. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015.
  22. ^ "Six golds and one world record for Ukraine at Glasgow 2015". International Paralympic Committee News, 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  23. ^ "Aussies unite for a nail biting bronze medal win in the men's relay". Swimming Australia News, 18 July 2015. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  24. ^ "Two world records for China, four more fall at Glasgow 2015". International Paralympic Committee8 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  25. ^ "Seven golds in seven days for Dias at Glasgow 2015". International Paralympic Committee News, 19 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  26. ^ "Bronte Campbell and Emily Seebohm share Swimmer of the Year Award". Swimming Australia News, 5 September 2015. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  27. ^ "Cyclist, Western Sydney athletes dominate NSWIS Awards". New South Wales Institute of Sport. 20 November 2015. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  28. ^ "Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay – 34 Points Final". Rio Paralympics Official Results. Rio Paralympics. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  29. ^ "Maddison Elliott". Rio Paralympics Official site. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  30. ^ Meehan, Michelle (27 March 2019). "It's been absolute hell': Paralympic champion Maddison Elliott reveals dark struggle". News.com.au. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  31. ^ Besley, John (22 February 2016). "Curzon Hall hosts NSW Sports Awards". Northern District Times. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  32. ^ "Swimming Australia Gala Dinner 2016". Swimming Australia website. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  33. ^ "Olympic And Paralympic Stars Scoop Major Nsw Institute Of Sport Awards Home / NSWIS News / Olympic and Paralympic stars scoop major NSW I". NSWIS website. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  34. ^ "Six inducted into the Australian Paralympic Hall of Fame". Australian Paralympic Committee. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
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