Ellen Walshe was born on 29 September 2001 and is an Irish swimmer.
16 Facts About Ellen Walshe
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Ellen Walshe competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 100 metre butterfly and the 200 metre individual medley.
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Ellen Walshe was the first swimmer representing Ireland to win a medal higher than a bronze medal at a World Swimming Championships.
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When Ellen Walshe was 13 years old, she won the silver medal in the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 1:02.17 at the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival held in Tbilisi, Georgia in July and August 2015.
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In July 2019, at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Ellen Walshe placed 35th in the prelims heats of the 100 metre butterfly on the first day of competition with a time of 1:00.85.
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At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, and delayed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ellen Walshe won her heat, placed 24th overall, and did not advance to the semifinals in the 100 metre butterfly with her time of 59.35 seconds.
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At the 2021 World Swimming Championships conducted in short course metres and held at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Ellen Walshe set a new Irish record in the 400 metre individual medley with a time of 4:30.78 in the prelims heats, which qualified her for the final ranking fourth.
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The second day of competition, in the prelims heats of the 200 metre butterfly, Ellen Walshe ranked 14th overall with a 2:08.16 and did not qualify for the final.
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Ellen Walshe's silver medal was one of two medals won by swimmers representing Ireland at the championships, the other was a bronze medal, which made her medal the highest-medal-finish by a swimmer from the country at a World Swimming Championships.
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Later in the month, Ellen Walshe won the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 52.91 seconds and won the 200 yard individual medley in 1:57.47, a little slower than her best time of 1:54.77 for the season, in a dual meet against the University of Georgia to help her team win the meet.
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Ellen Walshe ranked first in the prelims heats of the 200 yard individual medley the next morning, swimming a 1:55.02 and advancing to the final.
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Ellen Walshe won the final of the 400 yard individual medley by 1.83 seconds, finishing in 4:01.53.
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Ellen Walshe's accomplishments earned her the "Swimmer of the Meet" and Commissioner's Trophy awards.
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Ellen Walshe achieved these times and finishes with a gap of 23 minutes between races.
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Ellen Walshe was pre-selected to Team Ireland for both the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and the 2022 European Aquatics Championships.
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Ellen Walshe chose not to compete in the events she qualified in for the World Championships.