Sarah Ellington
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| Born | 1 November 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para-cycling | |||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | C2 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sarah Ellington is a New Zealand cyclist. She competes in para-cycling on both the road and track, and represented New Zealand in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games[1].
Early life and injury
Ellington was born on 1 November 1989.[2] Before her injury, she raced triathlons and half Ironman events.
A fall in her twenties fractured Ellington's T11 and T12 vertebrae. She was paralysed from the waist down.[3] Ellington spent a long time in rehabilitation regaining movement in her legs. She can now walk again, with reduced muscle power and restricted ankle movement in both legs.[2]
Para athlete classification
Ellington competes in the C2 classification.[2]
Para cycling debut and selection for Tokyo 2020
Ellington made her international debut at the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships. She has since competed at multiple world championships. She has won three world championship medals across both track and road events.[4]
In July 2020, Ellington was selected for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.[5] There, she set a personal best time of 4:12.506 in the women's C1-3 3000 m individual pursuit in the track racing. She also placed 10th and 12th respectively in the women's C1-3 time trial and women’s C1-3 road race.[2][1]
Personal life
As of 2022[update], Ellington lives in Greymouth in the West Coast region of New Zealand.[6]
Other roles and honours
In November 2021, Ellington was elected to the inaugural Paralympics New Zealand Athletes' Council. Council members then elected her as the first chair of the council.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sarah Ellington - Cycling | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Sarah Ellington #213". Paralympics New Zealand. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ↑ "Para cyclist proves the doctors wrong". RNZ. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ↑ "Para cyclists selected to the NZ Paralympic Team for Tokyo 2020". Paralympics New Zealand. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ↑ "Para cyclists selected to the New Zealand Paralympic Team for Tokyo 2020". Cycling New Zealand. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ↑ "Murray strikes gold, Malzbender silver in Para Cycling World Cup". Sportshub Adventure Sport. 14 May 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ↑ Busfield, Frankie (25 November 2021). "Five inaugural members of Paralympics New Zealand Athletes' Council announced". Paralympics New Zealand. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
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