Ellie Victoria Cole, is an Australian retired Paralympic swimmer and wheelchair basketball player. After having her leg amputated due to cancer, she trained in swimming as part of her rehabilitation program and progressed more rapidly than instructors had predicted. She began competitive swimming in 2003 and first competed internationally at the 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships, where she won a silver medal. Since then, she has won medals in the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, the Commonwealth Games, the Paralympic Games, the IPC Swimming World Championships, and various national championships.
2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait
Cole after a training session at the Australian Institute of Sport Aquatic Centre
Cole and Annabelle Williams embrace at the end of the S9 100m butterfly final at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games
Cole (right) with fellow Victoria wheelchair basketball players Leanne Del Toso (left) and Mel Adams (no. 15)
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (Australian TV series)
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! is an Australian reality television series on Network 10 which is based on the British television show of the same name. The series airs on Network 10 and is simulcast on its HD channel 10 HD. The series sees celebrities living in the jungle with few creature comforts, and competing in various challenges to earn meals and other luxuries. The celebrities compete for $100,000 to be donated to their chosen charity. The series is set in Kruger National Park, South Africa, and is hosted by Julia Morris and Robert Irwin. Until 2023, it was hosted by Morris and Chris Brown.
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (Australian TV series)