Melissa Corfe

Melissa Corfe
Personal information
Full nameMelissa Jane Corfe
National team South Africa
Born (1986-01-20) 20 January 1986
Durban, South Africa
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, backstroke
ClubMr. Price Seagulls S.C.
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing South Africa
All-Africa Games
2007 Algiers100 m freestyle
2007 Algiers200 m freestyle
2007 Algiers400 m freestyle
2007 Algiers100 m backstroke
2007 Algiers200 m backstroke

Melissa Jane Corfe (born 20 January 1986) is a South African swimmer, who specialised in freestyle and backstroke events. She is a multiple-time South African champion and record holder for her respective events. Corfe represented her nation South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won a total of five medals, including three golds in the women's freestyle (100, 200, and 400 m), at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria. She also set two national records (both long and short course), as a member of the South African swimming team, in the freestyle and medley relays, at the 2008 FINA World Short Course Championships in Manchester, England.