Education
She attended Grace Lutheran College, Rothwell.
She attended Grace Lutheran College, Rothwell.
She was Sports Captain for her house, Pegasus and represented the school in many aquatic events. She trained at Redcliffe Leagues Swimming Club under Ken_Wood_(coach), and later Albany Creek Swim Club under John Rodgers. At the 2007 Australian Short Course Championships she set an Australian and Commonwealth record in the 800 metres freestyle of 8:14.11.
At the 2007 Melbourne World Championships she came 8th in the 800-metre freestyle.
Two titles over 200-metre and 400-metre freestyle, one silver medal over 800-metre freestyle and a bronze medal with the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. Also, by finishing 4th in the 200-metre freestyle, she qualified to swim in the relay at the games.
The Australian team overcame world superpowers United States of America and China to beat the world record of 7:44:31 by 5.78 seconds. Palmer was the fastest swimmer of her team, giving Australia a 3.14 second advantage.
In April 2015, Palmer was notified that she had failed a doping test at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, forcing Swimming Australia to remove her from the Australian swim team for the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan.