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Alison Sheppard

Alison Sheppard

British swimmer

For the English trade unionist, see Alison Shepherd.

Alison Sheppard, MBE (born 5 November 1972) is a freestyle swimmer from Scotland.

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Swimming career

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

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "BBC Sport Commonwealth Games 2002 Statistics". BBC News. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
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    "Lord, Craig. "Slimmer Read is ready for Athens." Times, 3 Aug. 1991, p. 33". Times Digital Archive.
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    ""For the Record." Times, 12 July 1999, p. 43". Times Digital Archive.
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    ""For the record." Times, 27 July 2000, p. ^". Times Digital Archive.
  5. [5]
    "No. 56963". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2003. p. 26.
  6. [6]
    Scotland, Team. "Alison Sheppard". Team Scotland. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
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