Melanie Marshall

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MBE

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| fullname = Melanie Jayne Marshall

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| nationality = British

| strokes = Freestyle, backstroke

| club = Loughborough University

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|01|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Boston, England

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{{MedalSilver|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 | work=BBC News}}|4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze|2006 Melbourne{{cite web |url=http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Schedule+and+Results/By+Sport/Aquatics%20Swimming |title=Swimming Schedule and Results |access-date=2007-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811124308/http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Schedule%2Band%2BResults/By%2BSport/Aquatics%2BSwimming |archive-date=2007-08-11 |url-status=dead }}|200 m freestyle}}

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Melanie Jayne Marshall {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} (born 12 January 1982) is a former British swimmer. She has won numerous medals for her country as well as being a swimming coach of the year for her work with Adam Peaty in Derby and later Loughborough.

Early life

She was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, brought up in the nearby village of Wrangle. She attended the Giles School in Old Leake.

Career

A long lasting international career started at the 1995 European Youth Olympics in Bath, where she won four gold medals.

Marshall was ranked number one in the world in 2004 after breaking the British 200 m freestyle record to ensure selection to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.

At the 2008 Short Course World Championships in Manchester, she came third as part of the British women's 4×100 m freestyle relay team.

Marshall claimed six medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne,{{Cite news|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/melanie-marshall-coach-adam-peaty/|title=International Swim Coach of the Year: Melanie Marshall|date=2014-12-28|work=Swimming World News|access-date=2018-02-19|language=en-US}} and is currently the second most decorated female athlete ever. Marshall ended her swimming career at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

She is a three times winner of the ASA National British 100 metres freestyle title (2002, 2004 and 2005), the 400 metres freestyle champion in 2004 and 2005 and the 50 metres backstroke winner in 1998.{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501262636/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=79de097c|title="For the Record." Times, 13 July 1998, p. 39|newspaper=The Times|date=13 July 1998 |page=39 }}

On 30 October 2008, Marshall announced her retirement from the sport.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vcontent/content/news/0,10869,5157-183729-200947-40069-291192-news-item,00.html |title=Marshall brings inspirational career to and end |publisher=British Swimming |date=2008-10-30 |access-date=2008-10-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721182207/http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vcontent/content/news/0,10869,5157-183729-200947-40069-291192-news-item,00.html |archive-date=2011-07-21 }} She was the head coach at City of Derby Swimming Club, where she first began coaching Commonwealth, European, World and Olympic champion Adam Peaty when he was twelve. In 2014 she was International swim coach of the year. Marshall has also worked as a coach with the British swimming team and has been named as an elite coach by UK Sport.{{cite web |url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/City-Derby-coach-Mel-Marshall-tells-rising-star/story-20303291-detail/story.html |title=City of Derby coach Mel Marshall tells rising star Adam Peaty he can compete against top Euro men |author= |date=11 December 2013 |website=Derby Telegraph |access-date=23 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923214559/http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/City-Derby-coach-Mel-Marshall-tells-rising-star/story-20303291-detail/story.html |archive-date=23 September 2015 }} In 2016 Marshall and Peaty both left City of Derby to join the Loughborough National Swimming centre.{{cite web|last1=Bell|first1=Mandy|title=MANDY BELL NAMED CITY OF DERBY HEAD COACH, AS MEL MARSHALL MOVES ON|url=https://swimswam.com/mandy-bell-named-city-of-derby-head-coach-as-mel-marshall-moves-on|website=Swim Swam|date=15 November 2016 |access-date=26 April 2017}} as lead coach.{{Cite news|url=https://swimswam.com/mel-marshall-moves-head-longborough-british-swimming-restructure/|title=Mel Marshall Moves To Head Lougborough In British Swimming Restructure|date=2016-12-02|work=SwimSwam|access-date=2018-02-19|language=en-US}}

In 2018, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Loughborough University.{{Cite web |title=Honorary Graduates and University Medallists {{!}} Graduation {{!}} Loughborough University |url=https://www.lboro.ac.uk/students/graduation/honorary-graduates/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=www.lboro.ac.uk}}

Marshall was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to swimming and charity.{{London Gazette|issue=63377|supp=y|page=B20|date=12 June 2021}}

Personal life

She currently resides in Loughborough. She is {{convert|1.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, 62 kg.

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080627044118/http://www.britishswimming.org/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,5157-182764-199982-42760-269493-custom-item,00.html British Swimming athlete profile]
[http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=5644 British Olympic Association athlete profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203152750/http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=5644 |date=3 February 2010 }}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070613104353/http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Participants/Participants?ID=104211 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games athlete profile]

Category:1982 births

Category:Alumni of Loughborough University

Category:English female backstroke swimmers

Category:British female backstroke swimmers

Category:Living people

Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England

Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming

Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England

Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming

Category:English swimming coaches

Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming

Category:British female freestyle swimmers