Amy Marren

Amy Marren
MBE PLY
Personal information
Full nameAmy Marren
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1998-08-14) 14 August 1998 (age 26)
Newham, East London, England
EducationHall Mead Academy, Upminster, Essex. The Campion School, Hornchurch, Essex.
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesAll
ClubRomford Town Swimming Club
Medal record
Swimming
Representing  Great Britain
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200m Individual Medley SM9
IPC World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Montreal 200m medley SM9
Gold medal – first place 2013 Montreal 100m butterfly S9
Gold medal – first place 2013 Montreal 34 point 4x100m freestyle relay
Gold medal – first place 2013 Montreal 34 point 4x100m IM Relay
Silver medal – second place 2013 Montreal 100m freestyle S9
Silver medal – second place 2013 Montreal 100m backstroke S9
IPC European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Eindhoven 4x100m medley relay 34pts
Gold medal – first place 2014 Eindhoven 200M IM SM9
Silver medal – second place 2014 Eindhoven 50m freestyle S9
Silver medal – second place 2014 Eindhoven 400m freestyle S9
Silver medal – second place 2014 Eindhoven 100m backstroke S9
Silver medal – second place 2014 Eindhoven 100m butterfly S9
Silver medal – second place 2014 Eindhoven 100m Freestyle S9

Amy Marren (born 14 August 1998) is a British para swimmer who became the SM9 200m individual medley world champion at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships.[1]

At the same championships, she won gold in the S9 100m butterfly, as well as being a member of the British women’s relay teams that won both the 4x100m freestyle relay and the 4x100m medley relay (breaking the previous world record, also set by GB in 2011, by six seconds).

Marren also won silver medals in the S9 100m backstroke and the S9 100m freestyle, finishing behind British teammate Stephanie Millward.[2][3]

Marren won a bronze medal in the 200m individual medley at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio,[4] after only qualifying for the GB Team by 0.2 seconds.

References

  1. ^ "IPC World Swimming: Amy Marren, 14, wins gold in Montreal". BBC Sport. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  2. ^ "IPC World Swimming: Marren and Russell add to GB golds". BBC Sport. 18 August 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  3. ^ "IPC Swimming: GB end week with more golds". BBC Sport. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Rio Paralympics 2016: Great Britain win eight golds – BBC Sport". bbc.co.uk. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.