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Ellen Keane

Ellen Keane
Ellen Keane

Name: Ellen Keane

Event: Para swimming (S9, SB8)

Age: 29

Paris will be Ellen Keane's fifth and final Paralympic Games.

She was Ireland’s youngest ever athlete at 13 when she competed at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. She competed impressively, placing sixth in the 100m breaststroke.

In Rio she claimed the podium with bronze in the SB8 100m breaststroke, while in Tokyo she improved further to take gold in the same event.

She recently won European silver in Madeira and will be hoping to add to her tally in Paris.