Teenager Winnifrith hopes to emulate Simmonds at Paris Paralympics
Iona Winnifrith
Johnny Sexton appointed as an assistant coach
SCHOOLGIRL swimmer Iona Winnifrith hopes to follow in the footsteps of Ellie Simmonds by standing on the Paralympic podium aged just 13.
The youngest member of Team GB’s 215-strong squad for Paris 2024 will make her Games debut tomorrow in the 200m individual medley.
Simmonds, 29, won the first two of her five Paralympic gold medals in Beijing in 2008 before retiring after Tokyo 2020.
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