Alison Sheppard

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Alison Sheppard
MBE

Personal information
Full name	Alison Sheppard
Born	(1972-11-05) 5 November 1972 Glasgow, Scotland
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Milngavie & Bearsden ASC
Medal record Representing Great Britain World Championships (LC) Silver medal – second place 2001 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (SC) Gold medal – first place 1999 Hong Kong 4×100 m freestyle Silver medal – second place 2002 Moscow 50 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 1999 Hong Kong 50 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 2000 Athens 50 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 2000 Athens 4×100 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 2002 Moscow 100 m medley European Championships (LC) Bronze medal – third place 1999 Istanbul 50 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 1999 Istanbul 4×100 m freestyle European Championships (SC) Gold medal – first place 2002 Riesa 50 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 2003 Dublin 100 m indiv. medley Silver medal – second place 2000 Valencia 50 m freestyle Silver medal – second place 2000 Valencia 4×50 m freestyle Silver medal – second place 2002 Riesa 100 m indiv. medley Silver medal – second place 2003 Dublin 50 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 1998 Sheffield 4×50 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 1999 Lisbon 4×50 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 2000 Valencia 4×50 m medley Representing Scotland Commonwealth Games Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester 50 m freestyle Silver medal – second place 1998 Kuala Lumpur 50 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 2002 Manchester 50 m butterfly

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

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.

Sheppard was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2003 Birthday Honours for services to swimming.

She retired from competitive swimming in 2005 and teaches swimming in Stirling in her own swimming school.

Personal bests and records held

Event	Long course	Short course
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

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

External links

• British Swimming athlete profile