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{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Ellen Gandy
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| fullname       = Ellen May Gandy
| nicknames      = "Elly"
| national_team  = {{GBR2}}<br>{{AUS}}
| strokes        = [[Butterfly stroke|Butterfly]]
| club           = Nunawading
| coach          = Rohan Taylor
| collegeteam    = 
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1991|8|15|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Bromley|Bromley, England]]
| death_date     =
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| height         = {{convert|1.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name=stats>[http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/swimming/womens-profiles/ellen-gandy/545/ Ellen Gandy] British Swimming</ref>
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| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships|2011 Shanghai]] | [[Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly|200 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2008 European Aquatics Championships|2008 Eindhoven]] | 4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2010 European Aquatics Championships|2010 Budapest]] | 200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]] | [[Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]] | [[Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]] | [[Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre butterfly|200 m butterfly]]}}
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'''Ellen May Gandy''' (born 15 August 1991), also known by her nickname '''Elly Gandy''', is a British-born Australian former female [[butterfly stroke|butterfly]] swimmer. She represented Great Britain and England until 2012, and had almost all of her elite-level success under those flags. She represented [[Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics]] and [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in the 200m butterfly swimming event, and was the 2011 World silver medalist at that distance.

Following a disappointing 2012 Games, Gandy expressed an intention to swim for [[Australia]], having lived and trained there since 2007, and served a period of ineligibility in order to do so. She represented Australia for the first time at a FINA World Cup event in Eindhoven in August 2013. She competed for Australia at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] but failed to medal. Gandy did not qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics, effectively ending her elite swimming career.

Under her new flag, Gandy broke the Australian and Commonwealth short-course 200m butterfly record. She remains the British long course record-holder in 100 and 200 metre butterfly, and 4 × 100 metre medley.

==Swimming career==
At the age of 13, Gandy was selected by talent scouts to be a member of Britain's Smart Track squad of super talents formed by performance director [[Bill Sweetenham]].

As a 16 year old she competed at the 2008 Olympics in the 200 m butterfly.<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=Ellen Gandy Bio, Stats, and Results {{!}} Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/ellen-gandy-1.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114102843/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/ellen-gandy-1.html|archive-date=14 January 2020|access-date=30 August 2021|website=sports-reference.com}}</ref>

On 19 March 2009 Gandy swam a [[List of European records in swimming|European record]] time in the women's 200m butterfly at the [[British Swimming Championships (50 m) 2009|British Championships]] in [[Sheffield]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swimnews.com/news/view/6737 |title=Gandy: 2:04.84 European Record 200 'fly |author=Craig Lord |date=18 March 2009 |access-date=19 March 2009|work=SwimNews Online }}</ref> Her time of 2:04.83 beat the previous record of 2:05.61 set by Poland's [[Otylia Jędrzejczak]] and was almost two seconds faster than [[Jemma Lowe]]'s previous [[List of British records in swimming|British record]].

In 2011 at the World Championships in Shanghai, Gandy claimed silver in the 200m butterfly. She was second to [[Jiao Liuyang]], China's Olympic silver medallist of 2008, and ahead of the bronze medallist [[Liu Zige]], Olympic champion for China in 2008.

Gandy secured her place in the British team for the [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Olympics]] with victory in the 100 m and 200 m butterfly in the trials at the [[London Aquatics Centre]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/swimming/17293847 |title=London 2012: Ellen Gandy earns second Team GB Olympic place
 |author=Nick Hope|date=7 March 2012 |access-date=10 March 2012|work=BBC Sport }}</ref>
At the Olympics she finished in 19th place.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www1.skysports.com/news/12040/7952515/|title=Gandy crashes out |access-date=2012-07-31 | work=Sky Sports}}</ref>

She competed for Australia at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Glasgow 2014 - Ellen Gandy Profile|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/swimming/1030628/ellen_gandy.html|access-date=2021-08-30|website=g2014results.thecgf.com}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Gandy started school at Balgowan Primary School, [[Beckenham]], [[UK]] and then went to [[Langley Park School for Girls]], [[Beckenham]] before moving to [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]] in 2007 where she attended [[Carey Baptist Grammar School]].<ref name="ES_2012">{{cite news |title=London 2012 Olympics: Londoner Ellen Gandy earns place in swim final amid row over empty seats |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/sport-olympics/london-2012-olympics-londoner-ellen-gandy-earns-place-in-swim-final-amid-row-over-empty-seats-7984930.html |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=Evening Standard |date=28 July 2012}}</ref> Since her switch, Gandy has publicly adopted the first name Elly, the name by which she has been known privately in Australia.<ref>[http://www.swimvortex.com/elly-gandy-new-nation-new-record-new-suit/ New nation, new record, new suit for Gandy]</ref>

Following her swimming career, Gandy qualified to practice law in Australia, qualifying as a solicitor and working as a corporate counsel.<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellen-gandy-4a2567102/?originalSubdomain=au LinkedIn Profile]</ref>{{better source needed|reason=not a reliable source|date=April 2023}}

==See also==
* [[List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)]]
* [[List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{World Aquatics}}
* {{Swimrankings}}
* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906202954/http://www.swimming.org.au/article.php?group_id=13068 |date=6 September 2015 |title=Ellen Gandy at Swimming Australia}}
* {{Team GB}}
* {{Olympics.com|ellen-gandy}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{CGA|ellen-gandy}}
* {{CGF}}

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