Ellie Simmonds

Simmonds won two S6 golds at Beijing 2008 aged 13, then delivered under home pressure at London 2012 with world records in the 400m freestyle and 200m SM6 medley. She won five Paralympic golds in all, the last in Rio, and her longer-distance range, unusual in a class where races are often decided over 50m and 100m, came from a long, efficient stroke rate she held to the wall.