inside Ellie Simmons inspirational life Strictly Come Dancing net worth boyfriend Ellie Simmons is one of Britain's most successful paralympians but the swimming Legend has also had a successful and lucrative career away from the pool Elli Simmons is one of Britain's most popular and successful paralympians thanks to her incredible accomplishments at four separate games the freestyle swimmer has more recently emerged as a familiar face on British TV appearing on hit shows like BBC Strictly Come Dancing in 2022 and a great celebrity bof Simmons who retired in 2021 as acondroplasia a common cause of dwarfism she made her debut in Beijing 2012 winning two gold medals for team GB despite being its youngest member before winning three more Golds two bronzes and a silver at London 2012 and Rio 2016 the 29-year-old became the youngest MBE recipient ever in 2009 aged just 14 and was honored with an OB in 2013 Simmons retired after missing out on a medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics but is currently thriving in her new broadcasting career where she will help front coverage of this year's Paralympics Express sport looks to shed light on the swimming Legends Whirlwind life including her net worth and love life Simmons is believed to be single after ending her 2-year relationship with Matt Dean last year both Ellie and Matt who also has dwarfism had largely kept their romance private despite preferring to keep details surrounding their relationship out of the public eye the pair did reveal that they met way back when they were toddlers Matt was a noticeable presence during Ellie's strictly debut with the swimmer explaining how he actually convinced her to join the BBC show Ellie previously told the son I was like sh I shall I not then I spoke to my other half Matt and he was like go for it Ellie take that leap of faith you don't know unless you try now I'm so happy I said yes as soon as I did we were bouncing around the kitchen like Yay like little Buzzing Bees they reportedly bought a house together but it emerged in October 2023 that the couple had gone their separate ways the breakup was described as amicable with a source telling the son Ellie and Matt have sadly split but it was amicable on both sides and there remains a lot of love there Simmons exact net worth has not been revealed to the public but various reports claim she is worth around5 million aside from her sporting successes Ellie has received lucrative sponsorships from the likes of Adidas BMW and Cadbury following her gold medal wins at the Olympic Games which goes some way towards explaining how she managed to amass her Fortune she received a flat rate of £25,000 just for appearing on series 20 of strictly where she teamed up with professional dancer Nikita kusine Simmons was eliminated in week seven of the competition following a dance off but not before