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Ali Truwit
Ali Truwit (Alexandra Truwit), American S10 Paralympic swimmer; lost her left leg in a May 2023 shark attack off Turks and Caicos after Yale graduation, then won 400 m freestyle and 100 m backstroke S10 silver at Paris 2024.
David Denniston
Dave Denniston, American breaststroke swimmer, three-time NCAA champion at Auburn, 2002 world-record 400m medley relay, 2008 Beijing Paralympian after a 2005 sledding paralysis, now Wyoming head coach.
Ellie Simmonds
Ellie Simmonds (Eleanor Simmonds), British Paralympic swimmer born 1994 in Walsall with achondroplasia; five Paralympic golds across Beijing 2008 to Tokyo 2020, first S6 swimmer under three minutes in the 200m IM, retired 2021.