Melanie Marshall

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Melanie Marshall

Personal information
Full name	Melanie Marshall
Nationality	British
Stroke(s)	Freestyle, backstroke
Club	Loughborough University SC
College team	Loughborough University
Date of birth	12 January 1982 (1982-01-12) (age 28)
Place of birth	Boston, England
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for  Great Britain World Championships - Long Course Silver 2001 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle World Championships - Short Course Silver 2008 Manchester 4×200 m freestyle Bronze 2008 Manchester 4×100 m freestyle European Championships - Long Course Gold 2006 Budapest 4×100 m medley Silver 2008 Eindhoven 4×200 m freestyle Bronze 2006 Budapest 200 m backstroke European Championships - Short Course Gold 2003 Dublin 200 m freestyle Silver 2004 Vienna 200 m freestyle Competitor for  England Commonwealth Games Silver 2006 Melbourne 200 m backstroke Silver 2006 Melbourne 4×100 m medley Silver 2006 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle Silver 2006 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle Silver 2002 Manchester[1] 4×100 m freestyle Bronze 2006 Melbourne[2] 200 m freestyle Bronze 2006 Melbourne 100 m backstroke

Melanie Marshall (born 12 January 1982) is a former British swimmer.

Born in Boston, Lincolnshire, brought up in Wrangle and currently residing in Loughborough with her two dogs, Missy and Jetson, she is 1.7 m (5′ 7″), 67 kg. A long lasting international career started at the 1995 European Youth Olympics in Bath, where she won four gold medals.

Melanie was ranked number one in the world in 2004 after breaking the British 200 m freestyle record to ensure selection to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.

At the 2008 Short Course World Championships in Manchester, she came third as part of the British women's 4×100 m freestyle relay team.

Melanie claimed six medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, the most decorated female athlete ever at one Games for England, in any sport and ended her swimming career at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Melanie often cites her friends, the Upstairs Massive, and her family as part of the recipe for her success.

On 30 October 2008, Marshall announced her retirement from the sport.^[3] She is to become the head coach at City of Derby Swimming Club.

[edit] External links

• British Swimming athlete profile
• British Olympic Association athlete profile
• 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games athlete profile

[edit] References

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