MELIH Amel

Date of Birth: 6 Oct 1993

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Youth Olympian

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 50m Freestyle
	Women's 100m Freestyle

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Freestyle - Heat 3	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 50m Freestyle - Heat 7	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	50Free	50Back
2010	Singapore, SIN	H (28.23)	SF (31.82)

African Games

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	50Back	50Fly	4x100Free W	4x100Free X	4x200Free	4x100Medley W
2019	Casablanca, MAR	4th (25.86)	4th (57.14)	6th (29.93)	Finals (27.41)	3rd (3:58.28)	3rd (3:39.82)	3rd (8:42.75)	3rd (4:22.89)

African Championships - Individual Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly events

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	50Back	100Back	50Fly
2018	Algiers, ALG	3rd (26.15)	-	3rd (29.67)	-	3rd (27.52)
2016	Bloemfontein, RSA	1st (26.72)	1st (58.28)	2nd (31.08)	4th (1:06.84)	-

African Championships - Medley and Relay events

Year	Location	4x100Free W	4x100Free X	4x200Free	4x100Medley W	4x100Medley X
2018	Algiers, ALG	3rd (3:55.65)	3rd (3:40.39)	-	3rd (4:26.46)	2nd (4:02.79)
2016	Bloemfontein, RSA	1st (4:00.92)	3rd (3:43.32)	2nd (8:56.87)	3rd (4:38.26)	3rd (4:18.61)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	50Back	100Back	4x100Free	4x100Medley
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	H (25.80)	H (56.38)	H (28.62)	H (1:02.03)	H (DNS)	H (4:18.73)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Occupation:

Law - Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University, France

Languages spoken:

SAL Saint-Priest Natation [France]

Selim Melih [brother], ALG

She began swimming at age four. (facdedroit.univ-lyon3.fr, 07 Jan 2020)

Her parents wanted her to learn how to swim because they used to spend their summers on the Algerian coast and wanted her to be safe. (annasronline.com, 16 Feb 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (annasronline.com, 16 Feb 2021)

Winning three gold medals at the 2016 African Championships in Bloemfontein, South Africa. (annasronline.com, 16 Feb 2021)

Philosophy:

"Trust your dreams and fight for them." (annasronline.com, 16 Feb 2021)

She was named 2016 Algerian Sportswoman of the Year. (facdedroit.univ-lyon3.fr, 07 Jan 2020)

General Interest

General
BALANCING SPORT AND STUDY
She has studied law for several years at Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University in France, and says she has to carefully plan around her course and swimming. "Reconciling high-level sport and study is not an easy task, but above all you have to be disciplined, organised and methodical. It just requires planning things a bit and hanging on." (facdedroit.univ-lyon3.fr, 07 Jan 2020)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/amelmelihofficiel
https://instagram.com/amelmelih

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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