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| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Hayley Gloria Palmer | |||||||||||
| Nationality |  New Zealand | |||||||||||
| Born | (1989-05-08)8 May 1989 (age 36) | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||
| Club | North Shore Swimming Club (2007-present) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Hayley Gloria Palmer (born 8 May 1989 inCheltenham) is an Olympian and National Record holding swimmer from New Zealand. She swam for NZ at the2008 Beijing Olympic Games and2012 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Palmer was born inCheltenham, England. However, both her parents are New Zealand nationals and they returned to New Zealand for two years when Palmer was young, before moving back to Cheltenham when she was 3. In Cheltenham, Palmer attended St Edwards School, and grammar school at theHigh School for Girls,[3] where she currently holds every school record in swimming. Palmer began swimming in England, before her return to New Zealand in 2007.[4]
Her international debut for New Zealand was at the2008 Short Course Worlds inManchester in April 2008.
Her coach for the majority of her swimming career in England wasGraham Brookhouse. During her early teenage years she was a member of the Gloucester City Swimming Club. She currently swims for North Shore Swimming inAuckland, and is coached by Randy Reese at Clearwater Aquatics in Florida.
Palmer is a Latter-day Saint.[5]
She competed for New Zealand at the2008 Summer Olympics in the women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.[2]
In the 2009 13th Fina World Swimming Championships she made the semi-finals of the 100m freestyle and placed 11th.
At the2010 Commonwealth Games inDelhi, Palmer won 2 bronze medals, in the 50m freestyle and 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.
At the 2012 Olympics, she competed in the 50 m freestyle and the4 × 100 m freestyle.[2]
Palmer currently holds the followingNew Zealand Records:
