Melanie "Mel" Clewlow (born 7 May 1976 in Dover, Kent) is an English field hockey player. She was a member of the England and Great Britain squads. She made her international debut in 1996, and was part of the England squad that won silver in the

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

Commonwealth Games, as well as competing twice for Great Britain at the

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

and

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

Summer Olympics. Clewlow initially retired in 2005, but returned shortly after, and retired a second time after competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She has played for

Canterbury Hockey Club Canterbury Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Canterbury, England. The club was established in 1901 and the home ground is located just outside Canterbury at Polo Farm. There are two water-based pitches, a topped sand based pitch, purpose ...

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* 1976 births English female field hockey players Living people Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain British female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Dover, Kent Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey People educated at Sir Roger Manwood's School {{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub