Melanie Nocher (born 18 June 1988 in

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) is an Irish swimmer. She competed in the 200 m freestyle and 200 m backstroke 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 ...

. She competed at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in the women's 100 metre backstroke, finishing in 33rd place in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals. She also competed in the 200 m backstroke but again did not qualify for the semifinals. She has stripped off to be painted for the

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documentary, simply titled ''Naked''.

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1988 births Living people Female swimmers from Northern Ireland Female backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of Ireland Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics {{NorthernIreland-sport-bio-stub