Melissa Ashby

Melissa Ashby
Personal information
Full name Melissa Ashby
National team  Grenada
Born (1986-03-16) 16 March 1986
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke

Melissa Ashby (born March 6, 1986) is a Grenadian former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] Ashby qualified for the women's 100 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 1:20.53.[2] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat one, including Bolivia's Katerine Moreno, who competed at her third Olympics since 1988. She raced to fifth place in 1:22.67, just 2.14 seconds off her entry time. Ashby failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-fifth overall in the prelims.[3][4]

References

  1. "Melissa Ashby". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  2. "Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  3. "Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Women’s 100 Breaststroke Prelims: Aussies Hanson and Jones Qualify One-Two". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
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