Melissa Gorman

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Melissa Anne Gorman (born December 11, 1985 in Sydney, Australia) is a personable, outgoing, world-class Australian pool and open water swimmer who is a gold medal contender in 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 and three wins on the State Insurance New Zealand Ocean Swim Series to become the overall 2011-12 series champion.

She also has 8 brothers and 1 sister.

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.

References

• 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