Emily Hallifax

{{Short description|French diver (born 2005)}}

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Emily Hallifax (born 9 December 2005 in Nice) is a French athlete who competes in platform diving. She won two medals at the 2024 European Swimming Championships; silver in the 10 m platform and bronze in the 10 m synchro platform.{{Cite web |title=Emily HALLIFAX {{!}} Profile {{!}} World Aquatics Official |url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1728974/emily-hallifax/profile |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=World Aquatics |language=en}}

Education

She attends Auburn University.{{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Taylor |date=2024-07-31 |title=Auburn University student competes in synchronized diving at Olympics |url=https://www.wvtm13.com/article/olympics-paris-auburn-diving-hallifax-france/61748731 |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=WVTM |language=en}}

Career

In her youth, Emily Hallifax first practiced high-level gymnastics, first in artistic gymnastics then acrobatic. She discovered diving at the age of 16 during the confinement period. For her first participation in the French Championships, she won a silver medal in the junior category and then joined INSEP.{{Cite web |title=Emily Halifax |url=https://www.equipedefrance.com/athlete/emily-hallifax |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=www.equipedefrance.com |language=fr}}

In 2023, she was French vice-champion in the individual 10m and she finished tenth in the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in the 10m synchro with her partner {{Ill|Jade Gillet|fr}}.{{Cite web |title=Championnats du Monde de Plongeon 2023 - Résultats Femmes |url=https://www.les-sports.info/plongeon-championnats-du-monde-resultats-2023-femmes-epf130810.html |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=www.les-sports.info}}

In 2024, she won the silver medal at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships in the individual 10-metre event, tied with Ukrainian diver Sofiya Lyskun, and added a bronze medal in synchronized diving with Jade Gillet.{{Cite web |title=Diving – European Aquatics Belgrade 2024 |url=https://www.len.eu/belgrade2024/category/diving/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |language=en-US}}

She came in eighth at the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |title=Hallifax finishes eighth in Olympic debut |url=https://auburntigers.com/news/2024/07/31/hallifax-finishes-eighth-in-olympic-debut |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=Auburn Tigers - Official Athletics Website |language=en-US}} She competed with Jade Gillet.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-05 |title=Olympians in Paris, caught in motion |url=https://apnews.com/article/2024-paris-olympics-photos-14b49105f98bf519c08c58a748c0c71e |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=AP News |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-07-31 |title=Triathlon kicks off another day of competition at the Paris Games. Here's a look at Day 5 |url=https://apnews.com/article/paris-olympics-photos-2024-f560f545b6ac2237aab3acaef98a527d |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=AP News |language=en}}

Awards

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2024

|Belgrade (Serbia)

|{{Silver medal}}

|Platform 10 m

2024

|Belgrade (Serbia)

|{{Bronze medal}}

|10 m synchro platform

References