Haley Anderson Heading To Asia
Haley Anderson Heading To Asia
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Interview courtesy of Swimming World Magazine, Biscayne Bay, Florida.
2012 Olympic silver medalist Haley Anderson qualified to compete in her fifth consecutive FINA World Swimming Championships this July in South Korea – with an eye to qualifying for her third consecutive Olympic Games.
In 2010, she finished 4th in the 25 km race at the world championships. In 2013, she won her first gold medal in the 5 km race and finished 6th in the 5 km team event with her American teammates. In 2015, she defended her 5 km world title and finished 9th in the 10 km. In 2017, she won a silver in the 5 km team relay, finished 5th in the 5 km, and finished 6th in the 10 km.
With a Top 10 finish in the 10 km race in Gwangju, South Korea, she will head to Tokyo in July 2020 to capture gold in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor – Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame’s Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame’s Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming’s Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University’s John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff.