Alison Sheppard

For the English trade unionist, see Alison Shepherd.

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

Alison Sheppard
MBE

Personal information
Full name	Alison Sheppard
Born	(1972-11-05) 5 November 1972 (age 52) 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) 2001 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 1999 Hong Kong 4×100 m freestyle 2002 Moscow 50 m freestyle 1999 Hong Kong 50 m freestyle 2000 Athens 50 m freestyle 2000 Athens 4×100 m freestyle 2002 Moscow 100 m medley European Championships (LC) 1999 Istanbul 50 m freestyle 1999 Istanbul 4×100 m freestyle European Championships (SC) 2002 Riesa 50 m freestyle 2003 Dublin 100 m indiv. medley 2000 Valencia 50 m freestyle 2000 Valencia 4×50 m freestyle 2002 Riesa 100 m indiv. medley 2003 Dublin 50 m freestyle 1998 Sheffield 4×50 m freestyle 1999 Lisbon 4×50 m freestyle 2000 Valencia 4×50 m medley Representing  Scotland Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester[1] 50 m freestyle 1998 Kuala Lumpur 50 m freestyle 2002 Manchester 50 m butterfly

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

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)

References

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

External links

• British Swimming athlete profile
• Alison Sheppard at World Aquatics
• Alison Sheppard at SwimRankings.net
• Alison Sheppard at Olympics.com
• Alison Sheppard at Olympedia
• Alison Sheppard at Team GB

Sporting positions
Preceded by Martina Moravcová	Female World Cup Overall Winner 2002/2003	Succeeded by Martina Moravcová