Ella Pardy

Ella Azura Pardy (born 22 December 1990) is an Australian Paralympic athlete who competes in the T38 100m, 200m and long jump. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in athletics where she won a bronze medal and the 2020 Toykor Paralympics and the 2024 Paris Paralympics

Personal Pardy was born in Roehampton, London, England on 22 December 1990. She has autism and cerebral palsy. She trains at the Western Australian Institute of Sport in Perth.

Sporting career Pardy began participating in sport in attempt to 'wear herself out'. She then became actively involved in ice skating, basketball, swimming, horse riding and athletics. These games were used to determine the athletes classification for the International Paralympic Committee. She was then added to the National Athlete Support Structure at the international level. At the 2015 IPC Grand Prix held in Brisbane Pardy, won gold in the 100m.

At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, she finished fifth in both the Women's 100m and 200m T38 events.

At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, she finished sixth in the Women's 100m T38 and fifth in the Women's 200m T38.

At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, she finished fifth in the Women's 100m T38 and the Women's 200m T38.

Pardy competed at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, her second Paralympics. She qualified for the final and managed to finish seventh in the Women's 100m T38.

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she finished 5th in the women's 100m T38. Pardy finished fifth in the Women's 100m and 200m T38 events at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris Pardy finished sixth Women's 100m T38 event at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe.

At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, she competed in the Women's 100 metres T38 but did not qualify for the final.

She is coached by Danny Kevan.

Recognition In 2014, Pardy received the Captain's Trophy Award from the University of Western Australia Athletics Club.