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Melanie Nocher

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Melanie Nocher
Personal information
Born18 June 1988 (1988-06-18) (age 36)
County Down, Northern Ireland
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 ½ in)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Women's Swimming
Representing  Ireland
European Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Szczecin 200 m backstroke

Melanie Nocher (born 18 June 1988 in County Down, Northern Ireland) is an Irish swimmer.[2] She competed in the 200 m freestyle and 200 m backstroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3] She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 100 metre backstroke, finishing in 33rd place in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals. She also competed in the 200 m backstroke but again did not qualify for the semifinals.[3]

She has stripped off to be painted for the RTÉ documentary, simply titled Naked.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Biography - Melanie Nocher". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Melanie Nocher". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Melanie Nocher Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Naked". RTÉ.