Eleanor May Simmonds (born 11 November 1994[2]) is a British retired Paralympian swimmer who competed in S6 events.

She came to national attention when she competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, winning two gold medals for Great Britain.

[9] At the age of 13, Simmonds was the youngest British athlete[10] at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, competing in the 50m, 100m and 400m freestyle, 50m butterfly, and 200m Individual Medley.

[12] On 1 September 2012, Simmonds repeated her gold performance to win the 400m freestyle at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, in which she took five seconds off the World Record time.

[13] Two days later, on the evening of 3 September, she took Gold in the 200m Individual Medley, breaking the World Record that she had set in the qualifying round that morning.

[16] In addition, Simmonds has won ten gold World Championship titles,[2] and swims in the S6 disability category.

[17] After retiring from competitive swimming, Simmonds has gone on to present for BBC Sport, including for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games[18] and the 2024 Paralympics.

Simmonds was elevated to Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to Paralympic sport.

[35] Simmonds is an ambassador for The Prince’s Trust and worked closely on their Change A Girls life campaign.