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| Full name | Margaret McIntosh McEleny | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1965 (age 58–59) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Margaret McIntosh ('Maggie') McEleny MBE (born 1965), also known as "Mad Maggie" for her unshakable desire to compete is a Scottish swimmer. She has paraplegia and epilepsy due to a head injury at age 11, which left her blind for a while. She competed in four Summer Paralympics from 1992 to 2004. In her career, McEleny has won three gold, five silver, and seven bronze medals at the Paralympics.
Awards
McEleny was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2000 Birthday Honours for services to disabled swimming.[1]
She was inducted into the Scottish Swimming Hall of Fame in 2018.[2][3]
She was inducted into the Scottish Women in Sport Hall of Fame in 2018.[4]
References
- ↑ United Kingdom: "No. 55879". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 19 June 2000. p. 19.
- ↑ "Scottish Swimming celebrate a year of success". Scottish Swimming. 1 October 2018. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ↑ Race, Loretta (1 October 2018). "Duncan Scott & Steven Tigg Earn Top Scottish Swimming Honors". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ↑ "Scottish Women in Sport Hall of Fame gets 8 new inductees". The National. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
External links
- Margaret McEleny at the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame
- Margaret McEleny at the International Paralympic Committee
- National Portrait Gallery: Margaret McIntosh ('Maggie') McEleny
- McEleny strikes silver as Team GB impress again. Graham Wood, 24 September 2004
- Crossing the finish line. Jessica Kiddle, 24 March 2007
- Great Britain's medallists: All the British medals from the 2004 Paralympic Games. BBC Sport.
- Scottish Institute of Sport: Goldzone 2004. (PDF)
- Sports Review 2000. BBC Sport.
- Greatest British Olympic and Paralympic moments Daily Telegraph.
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