Melanie Schlanger
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Melanie Renee Schlanger OAM
(born 31 August 1986 in Nambour) is an Australia
n freestyle swimmer
. She trains at the Commercial Swimming Club
under Stephan Widmar
.
She was a member of the Australian 4 × 100 m freestyle relay team that won gold at the 2007 World Championships.
At the 2008 Australian Swimming Championships
she qualified as a member of the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m freestyle relay teams by coming third and fifth in the respective individual events.
She swam the third leg in both the heats and the final of the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay as Australia qualified sixth before claiming the bronze in the final. She swam in the heats of the longer relay and collected a gold when the first-choice quartet won the final in a world record time.
Order of Australia
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(born 31 August 1986 in Nambour) is an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n freestyle swimmer
Freestyle swimming
Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...
. She trains at the Commercial Swimming Club
Commercial Swimming Club
Commercial Swimming Club is a swimming club that is based at the Fortitude Valley Pool in centre of Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of the most successful clubs in Australia and has produced many Olympic swimmers and medalists.- Notable athletes :...
under Stephan Widmar
Stephan Widmar
Stephan Widmer is a swimming coach for the Chandler Swimming Club and the Australian swimming team.Of Swiss origin, Widmer moved to Australia and succeeded Scott Volkers as the head coach at CSC, which had produced a long line of Australian representatives, including the likes World Champions Susie...
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She was a member of the Australian 4 × 100 m freestyle relay team that won gold at the 2007 World Championships.
At the 2008 Australian Swimming Championships
2008 Australian Swimming Championships
The 2008 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships were held at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from 22–29 March 2008...
she qualified as a member of the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m freestyle relay teams by coming third and fifth in the respective individual events.
She swam the third leg in both the heats and the final of the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay as Australia qualified sixth before claiming the bronze in the final. She swam in the heats of the longer relay and collected a gold when the first-choice quartet won the final in a world record time.