Amy Marren Explained

Fullname:Amy Marren
Honorific Suffix:MBE PLY
Nationality:British (English)
Strokes:All
Club:Romford Town Swimming Club
Education:Hall Mead Academy, Upminster, Essex. The Campion School, Hornchurch, Essex.
Birth Date:14 August 1998
Birth Place:Newham, East London, England
Height:1.63m

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.

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Notes and References

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