Alison Sheppard

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| fullname = Alison Sheppard

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| strokes = Freestyle

| club = Milngavie & Bearsden ASC

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|11|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland

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| weight = {{convert|65|kg|lb}}

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{{MedalGold |2002 Manchester{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/bsp/statistics/results.stm |title=BBC Sport Commonwealth Games 2002 Statistics |access-date=2007-08-29 | publisher=BBC News}} | 50 m freestyle}}

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Alison Sheppard, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|commas=on|MBE}} (born 5 November 1972) is a freestyle swimmer from Scotland.

Swimming career

She competed in five consecutive Summer Olympics for Great Britain, starting in 1988.

She is a seven times winner of the British Championship in 50 metres freestyle (1991 and 1999–2004) and the 2003 100 metres freestyle.{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501870514/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=eb06bdee|title=Lord, Craig. "Slimmer Read is ready for Athens." Times, 3 Aug. 1991, p. 33|publisher=Times Digital Archive}}{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500235694/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=90f4b823|title="For the Record." Times, 12 July 1999, p. 43|website=Times Digital Archive}}{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0502647877/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=088aa896|title="For the record." Times, 27 July 2000, p. ^|website=Times Digital Archive}}

Sheppard was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2003 Birthday Honours for services to swimming.{{London Gazette |issue=56963 |date=14 June 2003 |supp=y |pages=26 }}

She retired from competitive swimming in 2005 and teaches swimming in Stirling in her own swimming school.{{Cite web |last=Scotland |first=Team |title=Alison Sheppard |url=https://www.teamscotland.scot/athlete/alison-sheppard/ |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=Team Scotland |language=en-GB}}

=Personal bests and records held=

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Event !Long course !Short course
50 m freestyle \|24.68 (2002) ^NR \|24.06 (2003) ^NR
100 m freestyle \|55.38 (2003) \|53.91 (2002)
50 m butterfly \|27.05 (2001) \|27.13 (2001)
100 m individual medley \|bgcolor="honeydew"\| \|1:00.76 (2002) ^NR
colspan="3"\|Record Key NR:British

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Event

!Long course

!Short course

50 m freestyle

|24.68 (2002) ^NR

|24.06 (2003) ^NR

100 m freestyle

|55.38 (2003)

|53.91 (2002)

50 m butterfly

|27.05 (2001)

|27.13 (2001)

100 m individual medley

|bgcolor="honeydew"|

|1:00.76 (2002) ^NR

colspan="3"|Record Key NR:British

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20081012094907/http://www.britishswimming.org/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,5157-182812-200030-42782-269520-custom-item,00.html British Swimming athlete profile]
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{{succession box|before={{flagicon|SLO}} Martina Moravcová|title=Female World Cup Overall Winner|years=2002/2003|after={{flagicon|SLO}} Martina Moravcová}}

Category:1972 births

Category:Living people

Category:Scottish female freestyle swimmers

Category:British female freestyle swimmers

Category:Swimmers from Glasgow

Category:People educated at the High School of Glasgow

Category:Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games

Category:Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games

Category:Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Category:Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland

Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland