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‘My goggles filled with tears’: Ellie Cole on medals, motherhood – and silver linings

4/4/2025 • 42 min

In this episode we speak with Ellie Cole. Cole, of course, is a childhood cancer survivor whose right leg was amputated when she was 3. Within weeks of that operation, she was swimming as a form of rehab, before ultimately going on to become the most decorated Aussie female Paralympian of all time, with 17 medals over four games. In recent years she’s become a r… Play episode

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