Ellie Simmonds: ‘I’ve never been bullied. I’m just small’
The champion swimmer, 22, on winning two gold medals at 13, finally meeting Michael Phelps and crying happy tearsMy life changed at the Beijing Olympics. I was only 13, but I came away with two gold medals. I was so shocked and surprised to win. Later I won the Young Sports Personality of the Year and became the youngest person ever to get an MBE. To think that was only eight years ago… It feels like a lifetime.I’ve never been bullied. I’m just small. I can do everything every
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