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Amy Marren
Personal information
Full nameAmy Marren
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1998-08-14) 14 August 1998 (age 26)
Newham, East London Home Town: Hornchurch, Essex
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubRomford Town Swimming Club

Amy Marren (born 14 August 1998) is a British Para swimmer who became the SM9 200m individual medley world champion at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships.[1] At the same championships she also won gold in the S9 100m butterfly as well as being a part of the British women's relay teams who won both the 4x100m freestyle relay and the 4x100m medley relay (which broke the existing world record by 6 seconds, set by Great Britain in 2011). She also won silver medals in the S9 100m backstroke and the S9 100m freestyle in both races finishing behind fellow British team-mate Stephanie Millward.[2][3]

Amy won a bronze medal in the 200m Ind. Medley at the Paralympic Games in Rio in 2016, after only qualifying for the GB team by 0.2 seconds.

References

  1. ^ "IPC World Swimming: Amy Marren, 14, wins gold in Montreal". BBC Sport. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  2. ^ "IPC World Swimming: Marren and Russell add to GB golds". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  3. ^ "IPC Swimming: GB end week with more golds". BBC Sport. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.