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Haley Anderson

Olympian 2012, 2016, 2020

0
GOLD

1
SILVER

0
BRONZE

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Athlete Bio

Height

5'10"

Hometown

Granite Bay, CA

Education

Granite Bay High School (Granite Bay, Calif.) '09 University of Southern California ’13, Communications

Personal

Daughter of Randall and Colette Anderson...Colette swam at University of Hawaii...Has one older sister, Alyssa, and one younger sister, Jordan, both are swimmers...Alyssa won gold at the Olympic Games London 2012 in the 4x200 freestyle...Competed in soccer, track and field, and cross-country before committing to swimming...Hobbies include reading, watching cooking and home renovation TV shows and spending time with her dog, Baxter...Appeared on “Hell’s Kitchen” in 2016...Most decorated female open water swimmer in American history, with eight international medals, entering Tokyo 2020.

Career Highlights

First American to earn an Olympic medal in open water swimming

Olympic Experience

Three-time Olympian (2012, 2016, 2020); one-time Olympic medalist (1 silver)
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 6th (10k)
Olympic Games Rio 2016, 5th (10k)
Olympic Games London 2012, silver (10k)

World Championship Experience

Most recent: 2019 – silver (10K), bronze (5K team relay)
Years of Participation: Open Water – 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
Medals: 5 (2 golds, 2 silvers, 1 bronze)
Gold – 2015 (5K); 2013 (5K)
Silver – 2019 (10K); 2017 (mixed 5K team relay)
Bronze - 2019 (5K team relay)

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