Alison Sheppard

For the English trade unionist, see Alison Shepherd.

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

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[1] 50 m freestyle 1998 Kuala Lumpur 50 m freestyle 2002 Manchester 50 m butterfly

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.^[2][3][4]

Sheppard was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2003 Birthday Honours for services to swimming.^[5]

She retired from competitive swimming in 2005 and teaches swimming in Stirling in her own swimming school.^[6]

Personal bests and records held

Event	Long course	Short course
50 m freestyle	24.68 (2002) NR	24.06 (2003) NR
100 m freestyle	55.38 (2003)	53.91 (2002)
50 m butterfly	27.05 (2001)	27.13 (2001)
100 m individual medley		1:00.76 (2002) NR
Record Key NR:British

See also

• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)