Melanie Marshall

Melanie Marshall
MBE

Personal information
Full name	Melanie Jayne Marshall
Nationality	British
Born	(1982-01-12) 12 January 1982 (age 42) Boston, England
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, backstroke
Club	Loughborough University
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Great Britain World Championships (LC) 2001 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2008 Manchester 4×200 m freestyle 2008 Manchester 4×100 m freestyle European Championships (LC) 2006 Budapest 4×100 m medley 2008 Eindhoven 4×200 m freestyle 2006 Budapest 200 m backstroke European Championships (SC) 2003 Dublin 200 m freestyle 2004 Vienna 200 m freestyle Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester[1] 4×100 m freestyle 2006 Melbourne 200 m backstroke 2006 Melbourne 4×100 m medley 2006 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle 2006 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle 2006 Melbourne[2] 200 m freestyle 2006 Melbourne 100 m backstroke

Melanie Jayne Marshall 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,^[3] 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.^[4]

On 30 October 2008, Marshall announced her retirement from the sport.^[5] 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.^[3] Marshall has also worked as a coach with the British swimming team and has been named as an elite coach by UK Sport.^[6] In 2016 Marshall and Peaty both left City of Derby to join the Loughborough National Swimming centre.^[7] as lead coach.^[8]

In 2018, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Loughborough University.^[9]

Marshall was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to swimming and charity.^[10]

Personal life

She currently resides in Loughborough. She is 1.7 m (5′ 7″), 62 kg.

See also

• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)

References

1. "BBC Sport Commonwealth Games 2002 Statistics". BBC News. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
2. "Swimming Schedule and Results". Archived from the original on 11 August 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2007.
3. "International Swim Coach of the Year: Melanie Marshall". Swimming World News. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
4. ""For the Record." Times, 13 July 1998, p. 39". The Times. 13 July 1998. p. 39.
5. "Marshall brings inspirational career to and end". British Swimming. 30 October 2008. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
6. "City of Derby coach Mel Marshall tells rising star Adam Peaty he can compete against top Euro men". Derby Telegraph. 11 December 2013. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
7. Bell, Mandy (15 November 2016). "MANDY BELL NAMED CITY OF DERBY HEAD COACH, AS MEL MARSHALL MOVES ON". Swim Swam. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
8. "Mel Marshall Moves To Head Lougborough In British Swimming Restructure". SwimSwam. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
9. "Honorary Graduates and University Medallists | Graduation | Loughborough University". www.lboro.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
10. "No. 63377". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2021. p. B20.

External links

• British Swimming athlete profile
• British Olympic Association athlete profile Archived 3 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
• 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games athlete profile