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Hannah Miley
MBE
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Miley in 2010
Personal information
Nickname(s) Ham, Hammy, Smiley
Born (1989-08-08) 8 August 1989 (age 34)
Swindon, England
Height 1.66 m
Weight 53 kg
Children 1
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Individual medley
Club University of Aberdeen Performance Swimming Team
Coach Patrick Miley
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships (LC) 0 1 1
World Championships (SC) 1 1 3
European Championships (LC) 1 1 4
European Championships (SC) 2 4 2
Commonwealth Games 2 1 1
World Cup (SC) 0 4 3
European Junior Championships 0 1 0
Commonwealth Youth Games 0 1 2
Total 6 14 16
Women's swimming
Representing United Kingdom Great Britain
World Championships (LC)
Silver 2011 Shanghai 400 m medley
Bronze 2009 Rome 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold 2012 Istanbul 400 m medley
Silver 2008 Manchester 400 m medley
Bronze 2008 Manchester 200 m medley
Bronze 2012 Istanbul 200 m medley
Bronze 2014 Doha 400 m medley
European Championships (LC)
Gold 2010 Budapest 400 m medley
Silver 2016 London 400 m medley
Bronze 2010 Budapest 200 m medley
Bronze 2010 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze 2016 London 200 m medley
Bronze 2018 Glasgow 400 m medley
European Championships (SC)
Gold 2009 Istanbul 400 m medley
Gold 2012 Chartres 400 m medley
Silver 2011 Szczecin 400 m medley
Silver 2012 Chartres 800 m freestyle
Silver 2012 Chartres 200 m medley
Silver 2015 Netanya 400 m medley
Bronze 2009 Istanbul 200 m medley
Bronze 2011 Szczecin 200 m medley
World Cup (SC)
Silver 2007 Sydney 400 m medley
Silver 2013 Singapore 400 m medley
Silver 2013 Beijing 400 m medley
Silver 2016 Moscow 800 m freestyle
Bronze 2012 Stockholm 200 m freestyle
Bronze 2012 Stockholm 400 m medley
Bronze 2016 Berlin 400 m medley
European Junior Championships
Silver 2005 Budapest 400 m medley
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Gold 2010 Delhi 400 m medley
Gold 2014 Glasgow 400 m medley
Silver 2018 Gold Coast 400 m medley
Bronze 2014 Glasgow 200 m medley
Commonwealth Youth Games
Silver 2004 Bendigo 400 m medley
Bronze 2004 Bendigo 200 m butterfly
Bronze 2004 Bendigo 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. 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.

Swimming career

She represented Scotland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, winning a gold medal in the 400m individual medley.

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. Miley then won two medals at the World Short Course Championships, which included the first world title of her career.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Personal bests and records held

Event Long course Short course
200m butterfly 2:08.24 2:08.32
200m individual medley 2:09.46 2:06.21
400m individual medley 4:31.33 NR 4:23.14 NR
Key ER:European CR:Commonwealth NR:British
Awards and Nominations
Awards Won Nom Ref
Sports Personality of the Year (Sport Scotland) 2010, 2014
Scottish Sports Person of the Year (CGC Scotland) 2010 2009, 2011
Nancy Riach Memorial Medal (Scottish Swimming) 2011, 2013
JY Coutts Award (Scottish Swimming) 2014
Berger Paint Trophy (Scottish Swimming) 2011, 2012, 2013
Female Sports Achiever of the Year (Aberdeen Sport) 2014

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.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Hannah Miley para niños

  • List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
  • List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
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