Alison Sheppard
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| Full name | Alison Sheppard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 November 1972 Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Milngavie & Bearsden ASC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alison Sheppard, MBE (born 5 November 1972) is a freestyle swimmer from Scotland.
Swimming career
[edit]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.[2][3][4]
Sheppard was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2003 Birthday Honours for services to swimming.[5]
She retired from competitive swimming in 2005 and teaches swimming in Stirling in her own swimming school.[6]
Personal bests and records held
[edit]| Event | Long course | Short course |
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| 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 | 1:00.76 (2002) NR | |
| Record Key NR:British | ||
See also
[edit]- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
References
[edit]- ^ "BBC Sport Commonwealth Games 2002 Statistics". BBC News. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ "Lord, Craig. "Slimmer Read is ready for Athens." Times, 3 Aug. 1991, p. 33". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 12 July 1999, p. 43". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""For the record." Times, 27 July 2000, p. ^". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "No. 56963". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2003. p. 26.
- ^ Scotland, Team. "Alison Sheppard". Team Scotland. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
External links
[edit]- British Swimming athlete profile
- Alison Sheppard at World Aquatics
- Alison Sheppard at SwimRankings.net
- Alison Sheppard at Olympics.com
- Alison Sheppard at Olympedia
- Alison Sheppard at Team GB
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Categories:
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Scottish female freestyle swimmers
- British female freestyle swimmers
- Swimmers from Glasgow
- People educated at the High School of Glasgow
- Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Scottish female butterfly swimmers
- British female butterfly swimmers
- Scottish female medley swimmers
- British female medley swimmers