Ella Connolly

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Ella Connolly (born 13 July 2000) is an Australian sprinter. Connolly was born in Rockhampton, Queensland and moved to the Moreton Bay region at a young age where she attended St Eugene College and St Columban's College throughout her upbringing. She began competing in athletics events at the age of 10 when she signed up to participate in the Queensland Little Athletics program in Deception Bay. In 2021, she moved to the Gold Coast to begin training under 1996 Olympian Mark Ladbrook at Griffith University's Gold Coast campus. Connolly briefly relocated to Sydney in 2023 to train under Andrew Murphy before returning to her home state in 2025 to train under coach Andrew Iselin at the Queensland Academy of Sport. She is currently in a relationship with professional AFL player Nick Blakey. She competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics and at the 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 World Athletics Championships in 2022 in the 200 metres. A couple of weeks later, Connolly was part of the Australian sprint relay team which finished third in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.