Background
Nicknamed B and Yanks, Hammett was born on 12 September 1990 in Warrnambool.
Nicknamed B and Yanks, Hammett was born on 12 September 1990 in Warrnambool.
She attended Calamvale State School before going to Calamvale Community College for high school. In 2009, she enrolled at the University of Queensland and as of 2012, was working on a Bachelor of Applied Science.
She also represented Australia at the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, and qualified to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. As of 2012, she lives in Calamvale, Queensland. Hammett is 173 centimetres (5 ft 8 in) tall and weighs 55 kilograms (121 lb).
Hammett is a synchronised swimmer, taking up the sport after she read an advertisement for it in a newspaper when she was eight years old.
She has been coached by Anna Nepotacheva and Marina Kholod since 2006. At the 2010 National Championships, she and Reid, finished second in the Open Duet event.
At the 2011 National Championships, she and Reid finished third in the Open Technical Duet and Open Free Duet events. In the Team Open Combination event, she came away with gold.
Hammett made her national team debut in 2007 at the FINA World Championships in the team event.
The ten person team was the first Australian one to make it in the finals for the synchronised swimming free combination routine. Hammett finished 4th in the team event and 12th in Duet at the 2010 Swiss Open in Arbon, Switzerland. She finished 11th in the team event at the 2010 FINA World Cup in China.
She finished 18th in the technical team event at the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China.
She finished 17th in the team event at the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China. She finished 9th in the team event at the 2011 German Open in Bonn, Germany.
She finished 6th in the team event at the 2011 French Open in Paris, France. The FINA World Championships held in Shanghai, China, served as the 2012 Olympic qualifying event for the team
Her team finished 18th in the technical team portion and 17th in the Free Team event.
2012 Summer Games
Hammett was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in synchronized swimming. The 2012 Games were her first. The Australian team finished eighth in the technical team and eighth in the free team
2013
Along with Olia Burtaev, also a 2012 Olympian, Hammett represented Australia at the 2013 French Open, the 2013 Japan Open and the 2013 FINA World Championships in the Duet events.
She was a member of Australia"s 2007 Free Combination routine at the World Championships, who became the first Australian team to reach the final. She is a member of the Gold Coast Mermaids.