Melissa Gorman

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Melissa Anne Gorman (born 11 December 1985 in Sydney, Australia) is a personable, outgoing, world-class Australian pool and open water swimmer who finished 11th at the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2012 London Olympics. She is a two-time FINA World Swimming Championships medalist - gold in the 2009 5K in Rome, Italy and bronze in the 2010 10K in Roberval, Canada.

She has won numerous open water swims around the world, from her home country and Fiji to America and South Africa including two wins at the prestigious RCP Tiburon Mile in 2011 and 2012, and three wins on the State Insurance New Zealand Ocean Swim Series to become the overall 2011-12 series champion. She won the 2012 Open Water Swimmer of the Year award from Swimming Australia. She won the 2013 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series Open Water Challenge 10km race in Perth, Australia, the 2012-13 State Le Grande Swim and the Sand To Surf in New Zealand.

She also has 8 brothers and 1 sister, and is coached by Ken Wood.

Contents 1 Career 2 2011 FINA World Championships 2.1 2012 Olympic 10km Marathon Swim Results 3 External links

Career

• At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Gorman won a silver medal in the 800 m freestyle
• At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Gorman finished 15th in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim and 17th in the 800 m freestyle
• At the 2009 World Swimming Championships, Gorman stunned Olympic champion Larisa Ilchenko to win gold in the 5K
• At the 2009 RCP Tiburon Mile, Gorman won the first-place US$10,000 winner-take-all prize
• At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Gorman won a bronze medal in the 800 m freestyle
• At the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Championships, Gorman won a bronze medal in the 5K
• At the 2011 RCP Tiburon Mile, Gorman won the first-place US$10,000 winner-take-all prize

2011 FINA World Championships

Gorman placed 4th (2:02:12.0) in the 2011 FINA World Championships in the 10K in Shanghai, China which qualified her for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, her second Olympics.

2012 Olympic 10km Marathon Swim Results

GOLD Eva Risztov (HUN) 1:57:38.2
SILVER Haley Anderson (USA) 1:57:38.6
BRONZE Martina Grimaldi (ITA) 1:57:41.8
4. Keri-Anne Payne (GBR) 1:57:42.2
5. Angela Maurer (GER) 1:57:52.8
6. Ophelie Aspord (FRA) 1:58:43.1
7. Olga Beresnyeva (UKR) 1:58:44.4
8. Erika Villaecija (ESP) 1:58:49.5
9. Jana Pechanova (CZE) 1:58:52.8
10. Anna Guseva (RUS) 1:58:53.0
11. Melissa Gorman (AUS) 1:58:53.1
12. Karla Sitic (CRO) 1:58:54.7
13. Yumi Kida (JPN) 1:58:59.1
14. Yanel Pinto (VEN) 1:59:05.8
15. Natalia Charlos (POL) 1:59:58.7
16. Heidi Gan (MAS) 2:00:45.0
17. Cecilia Biagioli (ARG) 2:01:02.2
18. Zsofia Balazs (CAN) 2:01:17.8
19. Swann Oberson (SUI) 2:01:38.0
20. Wing Yung Natasha Terri Tang (HKG) 2:02:33.4
21. Lizeth Rueda Santos (MEX) 2:02:46.1
22. Marianna Lymperta (GRE) 2:04:26.5
Poliana Okimoto (BRA) DNF
Jessica Roux (RSA) DNF
Yanqiao Fang (CHN) DNS

External links

• 2012 Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km Coverage
• Goddess of London
• Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi
• Open Water Swimming website
• FINA World Championships
• Finalists in the Women's Olympic Marathon Swim
• Gorman Takes Top Prize
• Melissa Gorman Takes SafeSwim 10K
• Open Water Swimming website
• FINA bio pageState Insurance New Zealand Ocean Swim Series.
• State Insurance New Zealand Ocean Swim Series website
• Radford, Gorman From Down Under Come Up On Top
• Melissa Gorman And Trent Grimsey Honoured Down Under
• Rhys Mainstone And Melissa Gorman, "This Surf Is My Turf"
• The Richest Masters Open Water Swim In The World
• Swimming Australia Reviews What Can Be In Rio de Janeiro
• Kane Was More Than Able
• Melissa Gorman Right In The Mix...Among The Top Men
• Melissa Gorman Takes her Lumps In Victory
• The Value Of Safety And Preparedness In The Open Water
• http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2013/04/queens-of-sea-take-to-king-of-bay.html Queens Of The Sea Take To The King Of The Bay]