Melanie Schlanger

Melanie Schlanger, born Melanie Renée Schlanger on 31 August 1986 and also known by her married name Melanie Wright, is an Australian freestyle swimmer from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, who took up swimming at the age of 14. Her ten-year international career ran from the 2006 Pan Pacific Championships to the 2015 World Championships. She won five Olympic medals, two of them gold, at the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Games. In 2008 she swam in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay that took bronze and in the heats of the 4x200 metre freestyle relay that won gold in a world record. In 2012 she anchored the 4x100 metre freestyle relay to gold, the only gold of the Australian swimming team in London, and won silver in the 4x200 metre freestyle and 4x100 metre medley relays. She holds the Medal of the Order of Australia.