English-Scottish swimmer

Hannah Miley

Hannah Louise Miley 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 representing Great Britain, and a two-time Commonwealth champion representing Scotland.

Born

1989

August 8

Died

Living

Era

1980s

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Hannah, in brief

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Key dates

1989 Born

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-685 Spring and Autumn period: Battle of Qianshi: Upon the death of the previous Duke of Qi, Gongsun Wuzhi, Duke Zhuang of Lu sends an army into the Duchy of Qi to install the exiled Qi prince Gongzi Jiu as the new Duke of Qi – but is defeated at Qianshi by Jiu's brother and rival claimant, the newly inaugurated Duke Huan of Qi.
870 Treaty of Meerssen: King Louis the German and his half-brother Charles the Bald partition the Middle Frankish Kingdom into two larger east and west divisions.
1220 Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.
1264 Mudéjar revolt: Muslim rebel forces took the Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera after defeating the Castilian garrison.

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The world in 1989

When Hannah arrived

april 1 Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland.
april 15 Hillsborough disaster: A human crush occurs at Hillsborough Stadium, home of Sheffield Wednesday, in the FA Cup Semi-final, resulting in the deaths of 97 Liverpool fans.
april 15 Upon Hu Yaobang's death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in China.
april 19 A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors.

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Artur Bernardes 1875–1955 Brazilian lawyer and politician, 12th President of Brazil (died 1955) Cecil Calvert 1605–1675 2nd Baron Baltimore, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (died 1675) Esther Williams 1921–2013 American swimmer and actress (died 2013) Francis Hutcheson 1694–1746 Irish philosopher and academic (died 1746) George Clifford 1558– 3rd Earl of Cumberland, English noble (died 1605) Godfrey Kneller 1646–1723 German-English painter (died 1723) Kane Williamson 1990– New Zealand cricket captain Ken Dryden 1947– Canadian ice hockey player, lawyer, and politician (died 2025) Roger Penrose 1931– English physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1989

Alia Shawkat 1989– American actress Aly Michalka 1989– American singer-songwriter and guitarist Anton Yelchin 1989–2016 American actor (born 1989) Blaine Gabbert 1989– American football player Blake Griffin 1989– American basketball player Cam Newton 1989– American football player Earl Thomas 1989– American football player Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 1989– the 11th Panchen Lama James Calado 1989– English racing driver

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