Lauren Boyle

MNZM

Boyle in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Lauren Marie Boyle
Born	(1987-12-14)14 December 1987 (age 37) Auckland, New Zealand
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Swimming
Event	Freestyle
College team	University of California, Berkeley
Medal record Women's swimming RepresentingNew Zealand Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships (LC) 0 2 3 World Championships (SC) 1 0 1 Pan Pacific Championships 0 2 1 Commonwealth Games 1 2 1 Summer Universiade 2 2 1 Total 4 8 7 World Championships (LC) 2015 Kazan 800 m freestyle 2015 Kazan 1500 m freestyle 2013 Barcelona 400 m freestyle 2013 Barcelona 800 m freestyle 2013 Barcelona 1500 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2012 Istanbul 800 m freestyle 2012 Istanbul 400 m freestyle Pan Pacific Championships 2014 Gold Coast 800 m freestyle 2014 Gold Coast 1500 m freestyle 2014 Gold Coast 400 m freestyle Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow 400m freestyle 2010 Delhi 4×200m freestyle 2014 Glasgow 800m freestyle 2006 Melbourne 4×200m freestyle Summer Universiade 2011 Shenzhen 400 m freestyle 2011 Shenzhen 800 m freestyle 2011 Shenzhen 200 m freestyle 2011 Shenzhen 4×200 m freestyle 2011 Shenzhen 1500 m freestyle

Lauren Marie BoyleMNZM (born 14 December 1987) is a former competitiveswimmer from New Zealand. She has competed at threeCommonwealth Games and threeOlympic Games.^[1]

Boyle won a bronze medal withHelen Norfolk,Alison Fitch andMelissa Ingram in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the2006 Commonwealth Games.

At the2008 Olympic Games she was a member of the New Zealand 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team which was disqualified in the heats.

She won a silver medal withPenelope Marshall,Amaka Gessler andNatasha Hind in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the2010 Commonwealth Games.

At the2012 Olympics in London, Boyle was fourth fastest in the heats of the400m freestyle in aNew Zealand record 4:03.63. In the final she finished 8th. In the 800m heats she swam 8:25.91, also a New Zealand record, qualifying fifth fastest for the final. In the final she swam another record of 8:22.72 to finish fourth, 2.40 seconds from the bronze medal which went to defending champion and world record holderRebecca Adlington.

In August 2013, Boyle claimed three medals at theFINA World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, becoming only the second New Zealander to achieve this feat (afterDanyon Loader in 1994).^[2]

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Boyle won gold in the400m freestyle and a silver medal in the800m freestyle. She also finished fourth in the final of the200m freestyle after breaking the New Zealand record in the heats.^[3] In the 400 m freestyle, she set a new Games record in the final.^[4]

At the Wellington Winter Short Course meet in August 2014 Boyle broke theWorld Short Course record in thewomen's 1500m freestyle with a time of 15:22.68.^[5]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Boyle was 14th fastest in the semi-finals of the 400 m freestyle, and did not make the final.^[6] In the 800 m freestyle, she was 0.29 of a second off making the final.

Boyle is a graduate of theUniversity of California, Berkeley. She announced her retirement from competitive swimming on 1 August 2017 due to ongoing injury problems.

In the2020 New Year Honours, Boyle was appointed aMember of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to swimming.^[7]

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• Lauren Boyle at theNew Zealand Olympic Committee

• 1987 births
• Living people
• California Golden Bears women's swimmers
• New Zealand expatriate swimmers in the United States
• Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
• Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming
• Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
• Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming
• Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
• Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming
• Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
• New Zealand female swimmers
• Olympic swimmers for New Zealand
• Swimmers from Auckland
• Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
• Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
• Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
• World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
• Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
• FISU World University Games gold medalists for New Zealand
• FISU World University Games silver medalists for New Zealand
• FISU World University Games bronze medalists for New Zealand
• Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
• Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
• Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
• Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
• Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
• 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen

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