Mel Schlanger FROM POOLSIDE TO BEDSIDE
Apr 18, 2021
3 minutes
Words: Lizzie Wilson.
As a four-year-old girl, Aussie swimmer Mel Schlanger planned to become a doctor. Thirty years and two Olympic gold medals later, she’s achieved her dream.
“I still can’t believe it – I’m a doctor of medicine!” Mel, now 34, tells Woman’s Day just days after completing her studies at Queensland’s Bond University.
“When I heard my name [called out] it was as surreal as standing on the podium in
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