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MARSHALL Melanie

Nationality	ENG England
Birth Date	12/01/1982
Gender	Women
Height (m / in)	1.70/5'6''
Weight (kg / lbs)	0/0
Events Inscribed	Aquatics Swimming Women's 200m Freestyle Aquatics Swimming Women's 100m Backstroke Aquatics Swimming Women's 200m Backstroke Member of England Aquatics Swimming Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Member of England Aquatics Swimming Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Member of England Aquatics Swimming Women's 4x100m Medley Relay
Medals Won	SILVER - Women's 200m Backstroke BRONZE - Women's 100m Backstroke BRONZE - Women's 200m Freestyle

Date	Venue	Event	Country - Name	Results	Status
16 Mar 10:00	SAS	Women's 200m Freestyle Heat 04	ENG - MARSHALL Melanie	(2) 2:00.50	Completed
16 Mar 19:02	SAS	Women's 200m Freestyle Final A	ENG - MARSHALL Melanie	(3) 1:58.11	Completed
17 Mar 10:17	SAS	Women's 100m Backstroke Heat 02	ENG - MARSHALL Melanie	(1) 1:01.92	Completed
17 Mar 20:23	SAS	Women's 100m Backstroke Semifinal 01	ENG - MARSHALL Melanie	(2) 1:01.91	Completed
18 Mar 20:21	SAS	Women's 100m Backstroke Final A	ENG - MARSHALL Melanie	(3) 1:01.55	Completed
20 Mar 10:17	SAS	Women's 200m Backstroke Heat 02	ENG - MARSHALL Melanie	(1) 2:12.43	Completed
20 Mar 19:35	SAS	Women's 200m Backstroke Final A	ENG - MARSHALL Melanie	(2) 2:10.87	Completed

Place Of Birth	Boston, England
Residence	Loughborough, England
Occupation	Student and swimmer
Coach	Ben Titley
Influential Person	Her parents and friends
Idol	Cathy Freeman, Jesse Owens and Lance Armstrong
Recent Results	FINA World Championships (Montreal, July-2005) 7th in the 200m Freestyle (1:59.36) 10th in the 4x100m medley relay (4:07.71) 4th in the 4x200m Freestyle relay (7:59.04) British Championships (2005) Gold in the 100m Freestyle (55.40) Gold in the 200m Freestyle (1:58.50) Gold in the 200m Backstroke (2:12.38)
Commonwealth Games History	Melbourne 2006 Bronze in the 200m Freestyle (1:58.11) Manchester 2002 16th in the 50m Freestyle (26.46) 7th in the 100m Freestyle (56.19) Silver in the 4x100m Freestyle relay (3:41.47)
Olympic Games History	Athens 2004 did not start in the 100m Freestyle 16th in the 200m Freestyle (2:01.06) 6th in the 4x100m Freestyle relay (3:40.82) 5th in the 4x200m Freestyle relay (7:59.11) 4th in the heat of the 4x100m medley relay (4:05.63)
Other	Personal Best: 50m Freestyle - 25.91 (2002) 100m Freestyle - 54.62 (2004 - BR) 200m Freestyle - 1:57.51 (2004) 50m Backstroke - 29.74 (2001) 100m Backstroke - 1:01.7 200m Backstroke - 2:12.18 World Ranking: 16th in the 100m Freestyle (as at 01-Aug-2005) 3rd in the 200m Freestyle (as at 01-Aug-2005) 25th in the 400m Freestyle (as at 01-Aug-2005) 20th in the 100m Backstroke (as at 01-Aug-2005) 13th in the 200m Backstroke (as at 01-Aug-2005) In her career, Melanie has held three British records, three British junior records and one English junior record. She claims her finest sporting moment as winning the European Short Course Championship title and breaking the 200m Freestyle British record on her home turf. Her first sporting success was winning four gold medals at the European Youth Olympics in Bath, 1995. She was first selected for Great Britain in 1995 (junior) and 1998 (senior). In other sports, she was invited to try out for the football academy that is run at Burleigh Sports College in Loughborough when she was younger. She says her biggest disappointment was the Athens Olympics and she has set winning an Olympic medal as her ultimate ambition.

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