Melanie "Mel" Clewlow (born 7 May 1976 in

Dover, Kent Dover () is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidston ...

) is an

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field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...

player. She was a member of the

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and

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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 s ...

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

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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.

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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