Ella Connolly
Ella Connolly is an Australian sprinter.
She competed in the 2017 [World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|women's 4 × 400 metres relay] at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics and at the 2018 [IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|2018 IAAF World U20 Championships], with the latter Australian team and this Connolly winning the silver medal.
Connolly was the national 100 m and 200 m champion in 2022 and part of the Australian 4 × 100 m relay team which set a championship record in winning the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships. She made her individual debut at the 2022 [World Athletics Championships|World Athletics Championships] in 2022 in the World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres|200 metres]. A couple of weeks later, Connolly was part of the Australian sprint relay team which finished third in the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's [4 × 100 metres">Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games">2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's [4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay] at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Connolly was a member of the relay teams that broke the Australian 4 × 100 m record three times in 2024: first in March at the Sydney Track Classic; then in May in the heats of the 2024 [World Athletics Relays – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|World Relay Championships] in the Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas; and then in July at the London Diamond Leagues Athletics Meet where they ran 42.48 seconds.
She was Oceania 100 m champion in 2024 and competed in the individual Athletics at the [2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres|100 metres] and the Athletics at the 2024 [Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay] races at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris.