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Hannah Miley

{{Short description|Scottish swimmer}}

{{distinguish|text=singer/actress Miley Cyrus and the Disney Channel character Hannah Montana, which Cyrus portrays on the TV show of the same name}}

{{EngvarB|date=October 2017}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Hannah Miley
{{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}}

| image = Hannah Miley 2010.jpg

| image_size = 150

| alt =

| caption = Miley in 2010

| fullname = Hannah Louise Miley

| nicknames = Ham, Hammy, Smiley

| national_team = {{GBR2}}
{{SCO}}

| strokes = Individual medley

| club = University of Aberdeen Performance Swimming Team

| coach = Patrick Miley

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1989|8|8}}

| birth_place = Swindon, England

| module = {{Infobox person

| embed = yes

| children = 1

}}

| height = 1.66 m

| weight = 53 kg

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCount

|World Championships (LC)|0|1|1

|World Championships (SC)|1|1|3

|European Championships (LC)|1|1|4

|European Championships (SC)|2|4|2

|Commonwealth Games|2|1|1

|World Cup (SC)|0|4|3

|European Junior Championships|0|1|0

|Commonwealth Youth Games|0|1|2

|Total|6|14|16

}}

{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalSilver | 2011 Shanghai | 400 m medley}}

{{MedalBronze | 2009 Rome | 4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalGold | 2012 Istanbul | 400 m medley }}

{{MedalSilver | 2008 Manchester | 400 m medley}}

{{MedalBronze | 2008 Manchester | 200 m medley}}

{{MedalBronze | 2012 Istanbul | 200 m medley}}

{{MedalBronze | 2014 Doha | 400 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalGold | 2010 Budapest | 400 m medley}}

{{MedalSilver| 2016 London|400 m medley}}

{{MedalBronze | 2010 Budapest | 200 m medley}}

{{MedalBronze | 2010 Budapest | 4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze| 2016 London|200 m medley}}

{{MedalBronze | 2018 Glasgow |400 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalGold | 2009 Istanbul | 400 m medley}}

{{MedalGold | 2012 Chartres | 400 m medley}}

{{MedalSilver | 2011 Szczecin | 400 m medley}}

{{MedalSilver | 2012 Chartres | 800 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver | 2012 Chartres | 200 m medley}}

{{MedalSilver| 2015 Netanya | 400 m medley}}

{{MedalBronze | 2009 Istanbul | 200 m medley }}

{{MedalBronze | 2011 Szczecin | 200 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Cup (SC)}}

{{MedalSilver | 2007 Sydney{{cite web | url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000107060036000000FFFFFFFFFFFF01 | title=FINA World Cup 2007 (Sydney) – 400IM | publisher=Omega Timing | access-date=10 December 2015}} | 400 m medley}}

{{MedalSilver | 2013 Singapore{{cite web | url=http://www.fina.org/news/swc-2013-singapore-day-2-le-clos-and-atkinson-best-swimmers-singapore | title=SWC 2013, Singapore Day 2: Le Clos and Atkinson best swimmers in Singapore | publisher=FINA | date=6 November 2013 | access-date=8 December 2015}} | 400 m medley}}

{{MedalSilver | 2013 Beijing{{cite web | url=http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/news/swimming/miley-closes-2013-world-cups-with-im-silver/18999 | title=Miley closes 2013 World Cups with IM silver | publisher=Swimming.org | date=14 November 2013 | access-date=8 December 2015}} | 400 m medley}}

{{MedalSilver | 2016 Moscow{{cite web | url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000110000601001802FFFFFFFFFFFF029 | title=FINA World Cup 2016 (Moscow) – 800 Freestyle | publisher=Omega Timing | access-date=8 November 2016}} | 800 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze| 2012 Stockholm{{cite web | url=http://www.fina.org/news/swc-2012-stockholm-day-1-hosszu-completes-hat-trick-alshammar-gets-135th-medal | title=SWC 2012, Stockholm day 1: Hosszu completes hat trick; Alshammar gets 135th medal! | publisher=FINA | date=13 October 2012 | access-date=9 December 2015}} | 200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze| 2012 Stockholm{{cite web | url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010C010501042502FFFFFFFFFFFF02 | title=FINA World Cup 2012 (Stockholm) – 400IM | publisher=Omega Timing | access-date=8 December 2015}} | 400 m medley}}

{{MedalBronze | 2016 Berlin{{cite web | url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000110000501042502FFFFFFFFFFFF02 | title=FINA World Cup 2016 (Berlin) – 400IM | publisher=Omega Timing | access-date=8 November 2016}} | 400 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition | European Junior Championships}}

{{MedalSilver | 2005 Budapest | 400 m medley}}

{{MedalCountry | {{SCO}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold | 2010 Delhi | 400 m medley}}

{{MedalGold | 2014 Glasgow |400 m medley}}

{{MedalSilver | 2018 Gold Coast |400 m medley}}

{{MedalBronze | 2014 Glasgow |200 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Youth Games}}

{{MedalSilver | 2004 Bendigo[http://bendigo2004.thecgf.com/library/pdf/Swimming%20Full%20Results.pdf Commonwealth Youth Games 2004 – Swimming Results] Bendigo 2004. Retrieved 30 July 2014. | 400 m medley}}

{{MedalBronze | 2004 Bendigo | 200 m butterfly}}

{{MedalBronze | 2004 Bendigo | 4×100 m freestyle}}

}}

Hannah Louise Miley (born 8 August 1989) is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who specialised in the Individual Medley. Miley trained when she was younger at Inverurie Swimming Centre. She has represented Great Britain at three Olympic Games, reaching the final of the 400 metres individual medley on each occasion, finishing sixth in 2008, fifth in 2012 and fourth in 2016.{{cite web |url= http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/london-olympics-2012-scot-hannah-miley-books-place-in-final-in-hunt-for-gold-1-2438524 |title=London Olympics 2012: Scot Hannah Miley books place in final in hunt for gold |work=The Scotsman |date=28 July 2012 |access-date=29 July 2012}} Also in the 400 m individual medley, she is a former World short-course champion (2012), European champion (2010), and two-time European short-course champion (2009 and 2012) representing Great Britain, and a two-time Commonwealth champion (2010 and 2014) representing Scotland.

Swimming career

She represented Scotland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, winning a gold medal in the 400m individual medley.{{cite news|last=McRae|first=Donald|title=Hannah Miley: just imagine what the noise at the Olympics will be like|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/apr/16/hannah-miley-olympics-london-2012-swimming|access-date=12 June 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=16 April 2012}}{{cite news|last=Scott-Elliot|first=Robin|title=Swimming: The life of Hannah Miley|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/swimming-the-life-of-hannah-miley-7580671.html|access-date=12 June 2012|newspaper=The Independent|date=22 March 2012}}{{cite web|title=Hannah Miley profile page|url=http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/swimming/womens-profiles/hannah-miley/|publisher=British Swimming and ASA|access-date=12 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417133420/http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/swimming/womens-profiles/hannah-miley/|archive-date=17 April 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

Miley represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200m and 400m individual medley swimming events and represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 400m individual medley, attaining 5th place.

In 2012, Miley became world and European 400 m individual medley short course champion. She became the first British swimmer to win three individual medals at a European Short Course Championships since Sue Rolph in 1999.{{cite web | url=http://www.womensportreport.com/miley-completes-european-hat-trick/wn/15890 | title=Miley completes European hat-trick with medley gold | publisher=Women Sport Report | date=26 November 2012 | access-date=22 December 2015}} Miley then won two medals at the World Short Course Championships,{{cite web | url=http://www.womensportreport.com/world-medals-for-halsall-and/wn/15933 | title=World medals for Halsall and Lowe as Brits finish on a high | publisher=Women Sport Report | date=16 December 2012 | access-date=22 December 2015}} which included the first world title of her career.{{cite web | url=http://www.womensportreport.com/gold-for-miley-at-short/wn/15930 | title=Gold for Miley at Short Course | publisher=Women Sport Report | date=12 December 2012 | access-date=22 December 2015}}

In 2014, she retained her 400m individual medley title at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/commonwealthgames/10989662/Hannah-Miley-wins-Scotlands-first-swimming-gold-at-the-2014-Commonwealth-Games.html | title=Hannah Miley wins Scotland's first swimming gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games | work=The Daily Telegraph | date=24 July 2014 | access-date=8 December 2015}} At the Games, Miley reached seven finals and won two medals in total.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/32105297 | title=Swimming: Hannah Miley chases Olympic medal dream | publisher=BBC | date=29 March 2015 | access-date=8 December 2015}}

Miley made her Arena Pro Swim Series debut in February 2015, winning gold in the 200 m freestyle and 400 m individual medley,{{cite web | title=Hannah Miley Doubles Up on Night One of Arena Pro Swim Series Orlando | publisher=Swimming World | date=12 February 2015 | url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/hannah-miley-doubles-up-on-night-one-of-arena-pro-swim-series-orlando/ | access-date=16 April 2019}} and six medals in total.{{cite web | title=MILEY, MILLER LEAD MONEY-EARNERS FROM ORLANDO PRO SWIM SERIES | url=https://swimswam.com/miley-miller-lead-money-earners-orlando-pro-swim-series/ | publisher=Swim Swam | access-date=16 April 2019 | date=15 February 2015}} She added a further two medals in March 2017, including gold in her strongest event.{{cite web | title=Peaty still top of the world after US gold | date=8 March 2017 | url=https://www.loughboroughecho.net/sport/other-sport/swimming/peaty-still-top-world-after-12705706 | publisher=Loughborough Echo | access-date=16 April 2019}}{{cite web | title=2017 ARENA PRO SWIM SERIES – INDIANAPOLIS: DAY 3 FINALS LIVE RECAP | url=https://swimswam.com/2017-arena-pro-swim-series-indianapolis-day-3-finals-live-recap/ | publisher=Swim Swam | access-date=16 April 2019 | date=4 March 2017}}

Hannah Miley is currently supporting and is the face of the Kellogg's Free Kids Swim campaign.{{cite web | url=http://www.thedrum.co.uk/news/2011/12/22/kellogg%E2%80%99s-unveil-%C2%A32m-%E2%80%98free-kids-swim%E2%80%99-campaign | title=Kellogg's to unveil £2m 'Free Kids Swim' campaign | work=Modern Marketing and Media | publisher=The Drum | date=22 December 2011 | access-date=6 March 2012 | pages=1}}

She was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, England,{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/Team-GB/competitors/8662524/Hannah-Miley-Team-GB-London-2012-Olympics.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613033628/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/Team-GB/competitors/8662524/Hannah-Miley-Team-GB-London-2012-Olympics.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=13 June 2012 | title=Hannah Miley | work=The Daily Telegraph | access-date=24 July 2014}} and, a few months after being born, moved to Inverurie, Scotland where she attended Inverurie Academy before graduating from Robert Gordon University.{{cite web | url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/interview-hannah-miley-swimmer-and-olympic-hopeful-1-2335895 | title=Hannah Miley, swimmer and Olympic hopeful | work=The Scotsman | date=3 June 2012 | access-date=24 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728153907/http://www.scotsman.com/sport/interview-hannah-miley-swimmer-and-olympic-hopeful-1-2335895|archive-date=28 July 2014 |url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last1=Anderson|first1=Ross|title=Seal of approval for RGU from Olympic star {{!}} July 2013 {{!}} Robert Gordon University News|url=http://www.rgu.ac.uk/news/seal-of-approval-for-rgu-from-olympic-star/|access-date=10 December 2017|work=Robert Gordon University News|date=12 July 2013|language=en|archive-date=11 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211104855/http://www.rgu.ac.uk/news/seal-of-approval-for-rgu-from-olympic-star/|url-status=dead}}

Miley was an ambassador for the LEN Short Course Championships in Glasgow in 2019.{{cite web | title=Hannah Miley announced as Official Ambassador for LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships 2019 | url=https://www.scottishswimming.com/newsroom/news/2019/03/hannah-miley-announced-as-official-ambassador-for-len-european-short-course-swimming-championships-2019.aspx | publisher= Scottish Swimming | access-date=16 April 2019 | date=14 March 2019}}

Miley was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to swimming and women in sport.{{London Gazette|issue=63714|supp=y|page=B22|date=1 June 2022}}

Personal bests and records held

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
Event

!Long course

!Short course

200m butterfly

|2:08.24

|2:08.32

200m individual medley

|2:09.46

|2:06.21

400m individual medley

|4:31.33 NR

|4:23.14 NR

colspan="3"|Key ER:European CR:Commonwealth NR:British

class="wikitable"
colspan="4" | Awards and Nominations
Awards{{cite web | title=North District - Awards | publisher=SASA North | access-date=16 April 2019 | url=http://www.sasanorth.org.uk/ND_Admin/Handbook/2015/SASA%20ND%20Handbook%202015%20(j)%20Awards.pdf}}

! Won

! Nom

! Ref

Sports Personality of the Year (Sport Scotland)

|

| 2010, 2014

|{{cite web | url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/sunday-mail-sports-awards-legends-1077674 | title=Sunday Mail Sports Awards: Legends join ovation for our inspirational grassroots superstars | work=Daily Record | date=5 December 2010 | access-date=8 December 2015}}{{cite web | url=http://www.scottishswimming.com/news-events/news/2014/12/scholarship-student-ross-murdoch-named-scotland%E2%80%99s-sports-personality-of-the-year.aspx | title=Scholarship student Ross Murdoch named Scotland's Sports Personality of the Year | publisher=Scottish Swimming | date=8 December 2014 | access-date=8 December 2015}}

Scottish Sports Person of the Year (CGC Scotland)

| 2010

| 2009, 2011

|{{cite web | url=http://www.inthewinningzone.com/wz/News/Commonwealth-Games/Miley-wins-top-Scot-award/8446/ | title=Miley wins top Scot award | publisher=In The Winning Zone | access-date=8 December 2015 | archive-date=11 December 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211115635/http://www.inthewinningzone.com/wz/News/Commonwealth-Games/Miley-wins-top-Scot-award/8446/ | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.britishrowing.org/news/2009/december/9/grainger-named-scottish-sportsperson-year | title=Grainger is named Scottish Sportsperson of the Year | publisher=British Rowing | date=9 December 2009 | access-date=22 December 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222141230/http://www.britishrowing.org/news/2009/december/9/grainger-named-scottish-sportsperson-year | archive-date=22 December 2015 | df=dmy-all }}{{cite web | url=http://www.sportsister.com/2011/11/02/badminton-bankier-named-scottish-sports-person-of-the-year/ | title=Badminton: Bankier named Scottish sports person of the year | publisher=Sport Sister | date=2 November 2011 | access-date=8 December 2015 | archive-date=10 June 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610225803/http://www.sportsister.com/2011/11/02/badminton-bankier-named-scottish-sports-person-of-the-year/ | url-status=dead }}

Nancy Riach Memorial Medal (Scottish Swimming)

| 2011, 2013

|

| {{cite web | title=The 12th Scottish Swimming Awards | url=https://www.tminvestment.com/news-events/news/the-12th-scottish-swimming-awards-was-grace-a-winner-5342/ | publisher=Thomas Miller Investment | access-date=16 April 2019 | date=14 September 2011}}{{cite web | url=http://www.scottishswimming.com/news-events/press-releases/2013/09/hannah-miley-launches-fleet-of-vans-ahead-of-scottish-swimming-awards.aspx | title=Hannah Miley launches fleet of vans ahead of Scottish Swimming Awards | publisher=Scottish Swimming | date=13 September 2013 | access-date=8 December 2015}}

JY Coutts Award (Scottish Swimming)

| 2014

|

|{{cite web | url=http://www.swimvortex.com/home-heroes-ross-murdoch-hannah-miley-top-scottish-swimming-awards-in-glagow/ | title=HOME HEROES ROSS MURDOCH & HANNAH MILEY TOP SCOTTISH SWIMMING AWARDS IN GLAGOW | publisher=Swim Vortex | date=14 September 2014 | access-date=8 December 2015}}

Berger Paint Trophy (Scottish Swimming)

| 2011, 2012, 2013

|

| {{cite web | title=Trophy Cabinet Men | url=https://www.scottishswimming.com/compete/trophy-cabinet/men.aspx | publisher=SAFA | access-date=16 April 2019}}{{cite web | title=Special Recognition Awards 2013 | url=https://www.scottishswimming.com/compete/trophy-cabinet/special-recognition-awards.aspx | publisher=SAFA | access-date=16 April 2019}}

Female Sports Achiever of the Year (Aberdeen Sport)

| 2014

|

|{{cite web | url=http://aberdeen.stv.tv/articles/294496-hannah-miley-and-neil-fachie-won-main-honours-at-aberdeen-sports-awards/ | title=Miley and Fachie win prizes at Sport Aberdeen Awards | publisher=STV | date=3 October 2014 | access-date=8 December 2015}}

Personal life

Miley is married to Euan. She gave birth to a daughter in 2023; Miley has spoken of experiencing a "whirlwind" after her daughter was born several weeks premature.{{cite web |title=Olympic swimmer Hannah Miley 'in awe' of premature daughter |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-67641203 |website=BBC News |access-date=7 December 2023 |date=6 December 2023}}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{World Aquatics}}
  • {{Swimrankings}}
  • {{Olympedia}}
  • {{Olympics.com|hannah-miley}}
  • {{Team GB}}
  • {{CGF}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110719151226/http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/swimming/womens-profiles/hannah-miley/ British Swimming profile]
  • [http://www.scottishswimming.com/compete/swimming/national-squads/senior-gold-squad/hannah-miley.aspx Scottish Swimming profile]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120801123452/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/miley-hannah-1098559/ London 2012 Olympics profile]

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Category:Scottish female medley swimmers

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Category:British female butterfly swimmers

Category:Olympic swimmers for Great Britain

Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Category:Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland

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Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming

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Category:Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Category:Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Category:Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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