Ellen believes that her husband Paul has been the main driving force in her cycling career - their first date was actually spent on the back of a bike!
Since then, they were both selected as part of the British cycling team at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens - the pair riding as pilot guides to visually impaired cyclists.
Ellen competed in the women's tandem races piloting Scotland's Aileen McGlynn at the Olympic Velodrome and again at the Beijing 2008 Paralympics, with the pair winning gold in the women's individual pursuit (B&VI 1-3) and the women's 1km Time Trial (B&VI 1-3).
Ellen's presence at the Athens Games was particularly remarkable as not long before, she broke her back in a cycling accident at the Women's Omnium at Herne Hill, Kent, and was told she may never cycle again.
During her six weeks in hospital, she read multi-winning Tour De France champion, Lance Armstrong's autobiography which, she claims, provided her with the strength and courage to be a better and stronger cyclist than ever before.
Cyclist and pilot guide to visually impaired team-mate Aileen McGlynn.
