Haley Cope

Personal information
Full name	Haley Cope
National team	United States
Born	(1979-04-11)April 11, 1979 (age 46) Chico, California
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	139 lb (63 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
College team	University of California, Berkeley
Medal record Women's swimming Representingthe United States Olympic Games 2004 Athens 4×100 m medley World Championships (LC) 2001 Fukuoka 50 m backstroke 2003 Barcelona 4×100 m medley World Championships (SC) 2002 Moscow 100 m backstroke 2004 Indianapolis 50 m backstroke 2004 Indianapolis 100 m backstroke 2002 Moscow 50 m backstroke 2002 Moscow 4×100 m medley 2004 Indianapolis 4×100 m medley Goodwill Games 2001 Brisbane 50 m backstroke 2001 Brisbane 4×100 m freestyle Pan Pacific Championships 2002 Yokohama 100 m backstroke

Haley Cope (born April 11, 1979), also known by her married nameHaley Clark, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. She won a silver medal at the2004 Summer Olympics, eight world championship medals, and held a world record in the 50-meter backstroke.

Cope attended theUniversity of California, Berkeley, where she swam for coachTeri McKeever'sCalifornia Golden Bears swimming and diving team from 1998 to 2001.^[1] In 2000, she was named thePacific-10 Conference swimmer of the year, and helped lead California to a fourth-place finish nationally. At the 2000 NCAA national championships in Indianapolis, she swam the 50-meter backstroke in 27.25 seconds, breakingSandra Völker's short-courseworld record. She graduated in 2001 with a bachelor's degree inmass communications. In 2001, she won a gold medal in the 50-meter backstroke at theWorld Aquatics Championship, and two medals at the finalGoodwill Games. Her 50-meter backstroke performance at the Goodwill Games was a record time for the competition.

After graduating from Berkeley, Cope continued her swimming career, winning her second short course worlds title at the2002 Short Course World Swimming Championships held in Moscow. She won gold medal in the 100 backstroke,^[2] and two silver medals in the 50 backstroke,^[3] and the 4×100-meter medley relay,^[4] in which she swam the backstroke leg. In 2003, she swam at her second long courseWorld Championships in Barcelona, where she won a silver medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay.^{[citation needed]}

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, held in Athens, Greece, Cope swam the backstroke in the preliminary heat of thewomen's 4×100-meter medley relay. In the finals, the American team took second place, and Cope was awarded a silver medal.^[5]

Cope's last major international competition was in October 2004, at the2004 Short Course World Swimming Championships in Indianapolis. In Indianapolis, she repeated as champion in the 100-meter backstroke,^[6] as well as winning the 50 backstroke.^[7] As part of the American team, she won a silver medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay.^[8]

Cope married her former coach, Brian Clark, in 2002, and has four children.^[9] She is currently operating a swimming school in Chico called Water Sprites Swim School.^[9] She posed nude for the September 2004 issue ofPlayboy magazine.^[10]

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• Haley Cope atOlympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

• 1979 births
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• American female backstroke swimmers
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• Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
• Sportspeople from Chico, California
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• World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
• Goodwill Games medalists in swimming
• Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games
• 21st-century American sportswomen

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