Alison Sheppard
Alison Sheppard 
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| Surname: | Alison Sheppard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle, butterfly, layers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Society: | Milngavie & Bearsden ASC / Duncan Stingrays ( Duncan , British Columbia ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | 5th November 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Glasgow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | 1.76 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 65 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alison Sheppard , MBE (born November 5, 1972 in Glasgow , United Kingdom ) is a former British swimmer .
Career
Alison Sheppard comes from the Scottish Glasgow and already took in 1988 at the age of 15 years at the Olympic Games in Seoul in part. However, it was not until 1998 that it celebrated its greatest success with medals at the Commonwealth Games and World and European Championships, especially on the short course. Her special courses were 50 m and 100 m freestyle as well as 50 m butterfly and 100 m medley (short course).
Sheppard took part in five Olympic Games in a row: 1988 in Seoul, 1992 in Barcelona , 1996 in Atlanta , 2000 in Sydney and 2004 in Athens . Her best placement was a fifth place with the British relay over 4 × 100 m freestyle 2000 in Sydney.
She ended her career in 2005.
Alison Sheppard was inducted into the Order of the British Empire in 2003 and the Scottish Swimming Association Hall of Fame in 2010 . She is now a trainer and, together with her husband, the Canadian ex-swimmer and trainer Gary Vandermeulen , founded a swimming school (Sheppard Swim School) and the Phoenix Aquatics Swim Club in Stirling . She lives with her husband and their three sons in Stirling and works as a commentator on major swimming events.
Personal bests
| Long track | Short course | ||||||
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| discipline | time | record | year | discipline | time | record | year |
| 50 m freestyle | 24.68 | SR, former BR | 2002 | 50 m freestyle | 24.06 | SR, former BR | 2003 |
| 100 m freestyle | 55.38 | former SR | 2003 | 100 m freestyle | 53.75 | SR | 2003 |
| 50 m butterfly | 27.05 | former BR, former SR | 2001 | 50 m butterfly | 27.13 | former SR | 2001 |
| - | 100 m layers | 1: 00.76 | SR, former BR | 2003 | |||
| Legend: BR = British record, SR = Scottish record | |||||||
In addition, Alison Sheppard, together with Sue Rolph , Karen Pickering and Rosalind Brett, has held the British record in the 4 × 50 m freestyle (short course) in 1: 38.39 since the 2000 European Short Course Championships.
As of September 19, 2014
Web links
- Alison Sheppard in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
- Alison Sheppard in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Results overview at the-sports.org (English)
- The website Sheppard Swim School (English)
- Website of Phoenix Aquatics Swim Club (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Hall of Fame - Alison Sheppard. Scottish Swimming, accessed September 19, 2014 .
- ^ Sheppard Swim School - About. Retrieved September 19, 2014 . Phoenix Aquatics - Coaching Team. Retrieved September 19, 2014 .
- ↑ Doug Gillon: After years of making waves, Alison Sheppard is still immersed in her sport. Herald Scotland, May 17, 2014, accessed September 19, 2014 .
- ^ Source for all best times: Individual Best Times (All Time) - Alison Sheppard. swimmingresults.org, accessed September 19, 2014 .
- ↑ Current and former records determined using the database of swimmingresults.com (English)
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| SURNAME | Sheppard, Alison |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th November 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow |