Melissa Gorman
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Full name | Melissa Ann Gorman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Mel" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Sydney, New South Wales | 11 December 1985|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Redcliffe Leagues SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Ken Wood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Melissa Anne Gorman (born 11 December 1985) is an Australian long-distance swimmer who specialised in freestyle swimming|freestyle]] events.[1]
Career
At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Gorman won a silver medal in the 800 m freestyle.[2]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Gorman finished 15th in the Women's 10 km open water marathon and 17th in the 800 m freestyle.[3]
At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, Gorman stunned Olympic champion Larisa Ilchenko to win gold in the women's 5 km.[4]
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Gorman won a bronze medal in the 800 m freestyle.[5]
At the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Gorman won a gold medal in the women's 1500 m freestyle and set a new Commonwealth record.
References
- ↑ "Results – Wednesday 6 October". BBC Sport. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
- ↑ "Cooke retains 800m freestyle gold". BBC News. 19 March 2006. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
- ↑ "Newcomer Gorman 15th in open water swim". The West Australian. 20 August 2008. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
- ↑ ANDREW DAMPF (21 July 2009). "Aussie Gorman wins women's 5k open water at worlds". The Associated Press. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
- ↑ "Gorman medals in 800m". ABC Grandstand Sport – Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games News. ABC. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
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