ELLIE MARKS
SWIMMING
S6/SB6/SM6
Career medals: 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze
World records: 1500m freestyle (S6), 100m backstroke (S6), 50m breaststroke (SB7), 100m breaststroke (SB7), 200m breaststroke (SB7)
American records: 50m backstroke (S6), 200m backstroke (S8), 50m butterfly (S6), 200m IM (SM6)
2024 Outlook: Marks doesn’t get nearly the recognition she deserves. With five Paralympic medals (two golds), she’s one of Team USA’s most decorated active athletes. She also holds five world records and nine American records. And Marks had a stellar year in 2023, winning two World Championship medals and registering top-three times in all five disciplines. That gives her a realistic chance of equalling or exceeding her three-medal haul from the Tokyo Paralympics.
Need to knows:
• Two-time Paralympian (2016, 2020)
• Has won 6 World Championship medals (3 Gold, 3 Bronze)
• Received the Pat Tillman Award for Service in 2016
• Inducted into Army Women’s Hall of Fame in 2017
• Named Military Times’ Soldier of the Year in 2024
Personal:
Age: 33
Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO
Limb difference: Left below-knee
Read more:
Team USA
IPC
Military Times: “What Drives Ellie Marks”
ELLIE MARKS
SWIMMING
S6/SB6/SM6
Career medals: 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze
World records: 1500m freestyle (S6), 100m backstroke (S6), 50m breaststroke (SB7), 100m breaststroke (SB7), 200m breaststroke (SB7)
American records: 50m backstroke (S6), 200m backstroke (S8), 50m butterfly (S6), 200m IM (SM6)
2024 Outlook: Marks doesn’t get nearly the recognition she deserves. With five Paralympic medals (two golds), she’s one of Team USA’s most decorated active athletes. She also holds five world records and nine American records. And Marks had a stellar year in 2023, winning two World Championship medals and registering top-three times in all five disciplines. That gives her a realistic chance of equalling or exceeding her three-medal haul from the Tokyo Paralympics.
Need to know:
• Two-time Paralympian (2016, 2020)
• Has won 6 World Championship medals (3 Gold, 3 Bronze)
• Received the Pat Tillman Award for Service in 2016
• Inducted into Army Women’s Hall of Fame in 2017
• Named Military Times’ Soldier of the Year in 2024
Personal:
Age: 33
Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO
Limb difference: Left below-knee
Read more:
Team USA
IPC
Military Times: “What Drives Ellie Marks“