Hannah Miley

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Hannah Miley
MBE
Hannah Miley 2010.jpg
Miley in 2010
Personal information
Full nameHannah Louise Miley
Nickname(s)Ham, Hammy, Smiley
National teamFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Born (1989-08-08) 8 August 1989 (age 34)
Swindon, England
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Children1
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Individual medley
ClubUniversity of Aberdeen Performance Swimming Team
CoachPatrick Miley
Medal record
Event1st2nd3rd
World Championships (LC) 011
World Championships (SC) 113
European Championships (LC) 114
European Championships (SC) 242
Commonwealth Games 211
World Cup (SC) 043
European Junior Championships 010
Commonwealth Youth Games 012
Total61416
Women's swimming
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Shanghai 400 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Rome 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Istanbul 400 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Manchester 400 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Manchester 200 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Istanbul 200 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Doha 400 m medley
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Budapest 400 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 London 400 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Budapest 200 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 London 200 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Glasgow 400 m medley
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Istanbul 400 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Chartres 400 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Szczecin 400 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Chartres 800 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Chartres 200 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Netanya 400 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Istanbul 200 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Szczecin 200 m medley
World Cup (SC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Sydney [1] 400 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Singapore [2] 400 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Beijing [3] 400 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Moscow [4] 800 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Stockholm [5] 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Stockholm [6] 400 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Berlin [7] 400 m medley
European Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Budapest 400 m medley
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Delhi 400 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Glasgow 400 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast 400 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Glasgow 200 m medley
Commonwealth Youth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Bendigo [8] 400 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Bendigo [8] 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Bendigo [8] 4×100 m freestyle

Hannah Louise Miley MBE (born 8 August 1989) is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who specialised in the Individual Medley. Miley trained when she was younger at Inverurie Swimming Centre. She has represented Great Britain at three Olympic Games, reaching the final of the 400 metres individual medley on each occasion, finishing sixth in 2008, fifth in 2012 and fourth in 2016. [9] Also in the 400 m individual medley, she is a former World short-course champion (2012), European champion (2010), and two-time European short-course champion (2009 and 2012) representing Great Britain, and a two-time Commonwealth champion (2010 and 2014) representing Scotland.

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Swimming career

She represented Scotland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, winning a gold medal in the 400m individual medley. [10] [11] [12]

Miley represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200m and 400m individual medley swimming events and represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 400m individual medley, attaining 5th place.

In 2012, Miley became world and European 400 m individual medley short course champion. She became the first British swimmer to win three individual medals at a European Short Course Championships since Sue Rolph in 1999. [13] Miley then won two medals at the World Short Course Championships, [14] which included the first world title of her career. [15]

In 2014, she retained her 400m individual medley title at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. [16] At the Games, Miley reached seven finals and won two medals in total. [17]

Miley made her Arena Pro Swim Series debut in February 2015, winning gold in the 200 m freestyle and 400 m individual medley, [18] and six medals in total. [19] She added a further two medals in March 2017, including gold in her strongest event. [20] [21]

Hannah Miley is currently supporting and is the face of the Kellogg's Free Kids Swim campaign. [22]

She was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, [23] and, a few months after being born, moved to Inverurie, Scotland where she attended Inverurie Academy before graduating from Robert Gordon University. [24] [25]

Miley was an ambassador for the LEN Short Course Championships in Glasgow in 2019. [26]

Miley was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to swimming and women in sport. [27]

Personal bests and records held

EventLong courseShort course
200m butterfly2:08.242:08.32
200m individual medley2:09.462:06.21
400m individual medley4:31.33 NR 4:23.14 NR
Key ER:European CR:Commonwealth NR:British
Awards and Nominations
Awards [28] WonNomRef
Sports Personality of the Year (Sport Scotland)2010, 2014 [29] [30]
Scottish Sports Person of the Year (CGC Scotland)20102009, 2011 [31] [32] [33]
Nancy Riach Memorial Medal (Scottish Swimming)2011, 2013 [34] [35]
JY Coutts Award (Scottish Swimming)2014 [36]
Berger Paint Trophy (Scottish Swimming)2011, 2012, 2013 [37] [38]
Female Sports Achiever of the Year (Aberdeen Sport)2014 [39]

Personal life

Miley is married to Euan. She gave birth to a daughter in 2023; Miley has spoken of experiencing a "whirlwind" after her daughter was born several weeks premature. [40]

See also

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