Melanie Clewlow

Melanie "Mel" Clewlow (born 7 May 1976 in Dover, Kent) is an English field hockey player.

Melanie Clewlow
Personal information
Born (1976-05-07) 7 May 1976
Dover, Kent, England
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Sport
Country United Kingdom  England
SportHockey
Medal record
Women’s Field Hockey
Representing  England
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place1999 CologneTeam
Bronze medal – third place2007 ManchesterTeam
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place1998 Kuala LumpurTeam
Bronze medal – third place2006 MelbourneTeam
Champions Challenge
Gold medal – first place 2002 Johannesburg Team

She was a member of the England and Great Britain squads. She made her international debut in 1996, and was part of the England squad that won silver in the 1998 Commonwealth Games, as well as competing twice for Great Britain at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics. Clewlow initially retired in 2005, but returned shortly after, and retired a second time after competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3]

She has played for Canterbury Hockey Club.[4][5]

References
  1. "Melanie Clewlow - Hockey - Team GB". Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  2. "Mel Clewlow Bio, Stats, and Results - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  3. "Olympics: Hockey - Britain's women in spirited fightback - Sport - theguardian.com". Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  4. "BBC Sport - Hockey - Canterbury place expectation on junior hockey players". BBC. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  5. "EHL statistics". Retrieved 3 December 2014.


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