When Ellie Carpenter was about eight, she tried racing motorbikes. Her parents took her to lessons on a PeeWee 50. But, being a PeeWee 50, it did not satisfy her need for speed.
“She was tiny, and she’d have it full throttle,” recalls her mum, Belinda. “But she’d come off the bike and say, ‘That bike’s crap, it doesn’t go fast enough’.
But the biggest hit back then was athletics. As we know now, having observed the fullback tearing up and down the right flank for the Matildas, she is naturally quick. And soon the Tiny Tots program in Cowra turned into regional competitions. When Carpenter was 12, Belinda quit her job and moved with the children to Sydney, where her sporting talents could be better fostered at Westfield Sports High School.
His sister has, for the past three years, been living in France plying her trade with Lyon. Playing Champions League finals and winning Division 1 Feminine titles. Her more recent story has been about a long rehab for a ruptured ACL, suffered in last year’s Champions League final, and her return in time for a home World Cup.
“I think it’s knowing when she needs it [help] and when she needs to do it herself; letting them make mistakes as young adults. You’ve got to let them live, even though it’s an unusual situation.”Carpenter did quietly return home at the start of the year – with the blessing of her club – to spend a month with Australia sports science and medical staff.
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