Karen Mellor (swimmer)
{{short description|British swimmer}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|5|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Great Yarmouth, England
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{{MedalSport | Swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 1986 Edinburgh | freestyle relay}}
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Karen Mellor (born 6 May 1969) is a retired British swimmer.
Swimming career
Mellor competed in the women's 800 metre freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/karen-mellor-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040937/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/karen-mellor-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Karen Mellor Olympic Results |accessdate=31 March 2017}} She represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 200 metres freestyle relay, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1986/athletes|title=1986 Athletes|website=Team England}} Four years later, she represented England in the 400 metres and 800 metres freestyle, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes|title=1990 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/54381|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}} She also won the 1985 ASA National Championship in the 200 metres freestyle and was three times winner of the 400 metres freestyle in 1985, 1989, and 1990.{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS403018011/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=cc345c79|title=Still, Athole. "Swimming." Times, 27 Aug. 1985, p. 24|publisher=Times Digital Archive}}{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS437096728/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=b0f3c393|title=Still, Athole. "Swimming." Times, 24 Aug. 1985, p. 26|publisher=Times Digital Archive}}{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501769717/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=03973a6d|title=Downes, Steven. "Selectors juggle numbers for Bonn." Times, 17 July 1989, p. 31|publisher=Times Digital Archive}}{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500312251/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=6e0391dd|title="Results from Crystal Palace." Times, 30 July 1990, p. 30|publisher=Times Digital Archive}}
References
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Category:English female freestyle swimmers
Category:British female freestyle swimmers
Category:Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
Category:Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Great Yarmouth
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Swimmers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Category:Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Category:20th-century British sportswomen
Category:Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Category:20th-century English sportswomen
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