Melissa Anne Gorman (born 11 December 1985) is an Australian long-distance swimmer who specialises in long-distance
freestyle and open-water events.
Career
At the
2006 Commonwealth Games, Gorman won a silver medal in the 800 m freestyle.
At the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
, Gorman finished 15th in the Women's 10 km open water marathon and 17th in the 800 m freestyle.
At the
2009 World Aquatics Championships, Gorman stunned Olympic champion
Larisa Ilchenko
Larisa Dmitriyevna Ilchenko (russian: Лариса Дмитриевна Ильченко; born 18 November 1988) is a Russian long-distance swimmer. She has won eight world titles and a gold at the 2008 Olympics.
Biography
Ilchenko has dominated ...
to win gold in the women's 5 km.
At the
2010 Commonwealth Games, Gorman won a bronze medal in the 800 m freestyle.
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.
At the
2012 Summer Olympics, Gorman finished 10th in the women's 10 km open water marathon.
See also
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List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
This is a list of women's Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming from 1930 to 2022.
Current program
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
50 metre backstroke
100 metre ...
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1985 births
Living people
Australian female freestyle swimmers
Female long-distance swimmers
Olympic swimmers of Australia
Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
Sportswomen from New South Wales
Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Swimmers from Sydney
World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming
Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
21st-century Australian women
Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
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