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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 50 m freestyle 1998 Kuala Lumpur 50 m freestyle 2002 Manchester 50 m butterfly

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

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.

Sheppard was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2003 Birthday Honours for services to swimming.

She retired from competitive swimming in 2005 and teaches swimming in Stirling in her own swimming school.

Personal bests and records held

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 Team GB
• Alison Sheppard at Olympedia

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

• 1972 births
• Living people
• Scottish female freestyle swimmers
• British female freestyle swimmers
• Swimmers from Glasgow
• People educated at the High School of Glasgow
• Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
• Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
• Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
• Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
• Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland
• Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland
• Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland
• Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
• Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
• World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
• Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
• European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
• Members of the Order of the British Empire
• Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
• Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
• Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
• Scottish female butterfly swimmers
• British female butterfly swimmers
• Scottish female medley swimmers
• British female medley swimmers