Melanie Dodd

Melanie Dodd
Personal information
Full name Melanie Dodd
Nickname(s) "Mel"
National team  Australia
Born (1973-05-10) 10 May 1973
Sydney, New South Wales
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club Australian Institute of Sport
Coach Gennadi Touretski

Melanie Dodd (born 10 May 1973) is an Australian former swimmer who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] She represented the host nation Australia, as a 27-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and also trained for the Australian Institute of Sport, under Russian-based swim coach Gennadi Touretski. She won two medals, a silver and bronze, in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 1995 FINA Short Course World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, and 1999 FINA Short Course World Championships in Hong Kong.[2]

Dodd competed only in the women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[3] On the first night of the Games, the Aussie team pulled off a sixth-place finish in the final with a time of 3:40.91.[4] Teaming with Sarah Ryan, Elka Graham and Giaan Rooney in heat two on the morning prelims, Dodd swam the third leg and recorded a split of 56.31 to post a fifth-seeded time of 3:43.56 for the home squad.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Melanie Dodd". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Thierry, Nick (1999). "1999 Short Course World Swimming Championships". Swim News. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Swimming – Women's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  4. ↑ Whitten, Phillip (16 September 2000). "Olympic Day 1 Finals (Complete)". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 354. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  6. ↑ Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  7. ↑ Whitten, Phillip (16 September 2000). "Olympic Day 1 Prelims (Complete)". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
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