Background
Palmer was born in Cheltenham, England.
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Hayley Palmer
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In Cheltenham, Palmer attended Street Edwards School, and grammar school at the High School for Girls, where she currently holds every school record in swimming.
Career
She swam for New Zealand at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Palmer began swimming in England, before her return to New Zealand in 2007. Her international debut for New Zealand was at the 2008 Short Course Worlds in Manchester in April 2008.
Her coach for the majority of her swimming career in England was Graham Brookhouse.
She currently swims for North Shore Swimming in Auckland, and is coached by Randy Reese at Clearwater Aquatics in Florida. Palmer is a Latter-day Saint.
She competed for New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Women"s 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. In the 2009 13th Fina World Swimming Championships she made the Semi-Finals of the 100m Freestyle and placed 11th.
Palmer currently holds the following New Zealand Records:
Women"s Long Course 50m Freestyle (2501)
Women"s Long Course 100m Freestyle (5391)
Women"s Short Course 50m Freestyle (2439)
Women"s Short Course 100m Freestyle (5357)
Women"s Short Course 100m Individual Medley (1:0124).
Achievements
Membership
During her early teenage years she was a member of the Gloucester City Swimming Club.
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