Ashleigh McConnell explained

Ashleigh McConnell
Fullname:Ashleigh McConnell
Nationality:Australian
Classification:S9, SB8, SM9
Club:Melbourne Vicentre
Coach:Kenrick Monk
Birth Date:1996 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Melbourne, Victoria

Ashleigh Kate McConnell, (born 26 March 1996) is a limb deficient Paralympic swimmer of Australia. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, where she won gold medals in freestyle relay events.[1] [2]

Personal

McConnell was born on 26 March 1996 in Melbourne, Victoria. She was born without her left forearm and left hand.[3] She attended Sunbury College.[4] In 2015, she was studying Business at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.[3]

Career

McConnell started swimming at the age of four.[3] She is classified as a S9 swimmer.[3] She narrowly missed out on making the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.[4] At the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, she won a gold medal in the Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34 points.

At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, McConnell won the gold medal in the Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34 points and competed in three additional freestyle events.[4]

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, McConnell won the bronze medal in the Women's 100m Backstroke S9.[5]

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, McConnell, together with her team of Emily Beecroft, Ellie Cole, and Isabella Vincent won a silver medal in the Women's 4x100m Freestyle 34 pts with a time of 4:26.82, two seconds behind the winners, Italy.[6] She also qualified for the final of the Women's 100 m freestyle S9 where she finished sixth.[7]

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham, England, she finished 4th in the Women's 100 m freestyle S9.[8] [9]

McConnell's motto is "You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the further you get".[10] [3]

Recognition

In 2016, with Para swimmer Monique Murphy, McConnell was named RMIT's Female Athlete of the Year.[11]

McConnell was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2017.[12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swimming Australia Paralympic Squad Announcement. Swimming Australia News, 13 April 2016. 14 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161113144330/http://www.swimming.org.au/NewsCentral/Swimming-Australia-Paralympic-Squad-Announcement.aspx. 13 November 2016. dead.
  2. Web site: 16 June 2021. Paralympics Australia Names Powerful Para-Swimming Team For Tokyo. live. 17 June 2021. Paralympics Australia. https://web.archive.org/web/20210616114345/https://www.paralympic.org.au/2021/06/paralympics-australia-names-powerful-para-swimming-team-for-tokyo/ . 16 June 2021 .
  3. Web site: Ashleigh McConnell. International Paralympic Comnmittee Swimming Athlete Biography. 17 July 2015.
  4. News: Kennedy. Barry. Sunbury College swimming sensation aims for 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. 17 July 2015. Sunbury Leader. 21 April 2014.
  5. Web site: Ashleigh McConnell. live. 22 June 2021. Commonwealth Games Australia. https://web.archive.org/web/20180416035934/http://commonwealthgames.com.au/athletes/ashleigh-mcconnell/ . 16 April 2018 .
  6. Web site: Australian Paralympic Team for Tokyo 2021 . 2022-07-19 . The Roar . en-US.
  7. Web site: Ashleigh McConnell. live. 8 October 2021. Tokyo Paralympics Official Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20210830020542/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1498338-mcconnell-ashleigh.htm . 30 August 2021 .
  8. Web site: 5 May 2022 . Cole, Patterson And Levy Amongst Stars Of The Pool Ready To Splash And Dash In Birmingham . 6 May 2022 . Commonwealth Games Australia.
  9. Web site: 2022 Commonwealth Games Results . 15 August 2022 . Commonwealth Games Australia.
  10. Web site: Ashleigh McConnell. Victorian Institute of Sport. 2 June 2016.
  11. Web site: 30 November 2016. Paralympians share top honours at RMIT Sport Awards. live. 22 June 2021. RMIT News. https://web.archive.org/web/20201024034336/https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2016/november/paralympians-share-top-honours-at-rmit-sport-awards . 24 October 2020 .
  12. Web site: OAM Final Media Notes (M-R) . Governor General of Australia . 26 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171030003019/https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2017/slkh83xzcb/OAM%20Final%20Media%20Notes%20(M-R).pdf . 30 October 2017 . dead .

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