Haley Anderson

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Haley Anderson

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| full_name = Haley Danita Anderson

| national_team = United States

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|11|20}}

| birth_place = Santa Clara, California, U.S.

| height = 5 ft 10 in

| weight = 150 lb

| strokes = Freestyle

| club = Sierra Marlins Swim Team

| collegeteam = University of Southern California

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Haley Danita Anderson (born November 20, 1991) is an American competitive swimmer who is an Olympic silver medalist. She placed second in the 10-kilometer open water event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Haley Anderson |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/haley-anderson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202204732/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/haley-anderson-1.html |archive-date=December 2, 2016}}

Personal

Anderson's older sister, Alyssa, was a swimmer at Arizona. Both sisters competed at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships.

Anderson attended the University of Southern California, where she swam for the USC Trojans swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2010 to 2013.{{Cite web |url=https://usctrojans.com/sports/womens-swimming-and-diving/roster/haley-anderson/3398 |title=Haley Anderson - Women's Swimming and Diving |website=USC Trojans}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.fina.org/news/haley-anderson-usa-ive-always-been-really-tough |title=Haley Anderson (USA): "I've always been really tough" |last=Berg |first=Aimee |website=FINA |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129233246/http://www.fina.org/news/haley-anderson-usa-ive-always-been-really-tough |archive-date=January 29, 2020 |access-date=January 29, 2020}}

Career

At the 2009 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, Anderson placed first in the 800-meter and 1,500-meter freestyle events.

At the 2009 USA Nationals and World Championship Trials, Anderson placed second in the 800-meter freestyle in 8:31.66, earning a place to compete at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome.{{cite web |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Indy2009/C73A1_Res1Heat_125_Finals_1_Women_800_Free.pdf |title=2009 Conoco Phillips National Championships results: Women's 800m freestyle final |date=July 11, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806214234/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Indy2009/C73A1_Res1Heat_125_Finals_1_Women_800_Free.pdf |archive-date=August 6, 2009}}[http://www.universalsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=11652&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=23000&ATCLID=204760905 FINA Worlds: U.S. swimming rosters] At the World Championships, Anderson placed 28th in the 800-meter freestyle (8:45.91) and ninth in the 1,500-meter freestyle (16:20.62).{{cite web |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Roma2009/C74A_ResSummary_32_Heats_Women_800_Free.pdf |title=2009 World Championships results: Women's 800m freestyle preliminaries |date=July 31, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806182732/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Roma2009/C74A_ResSummary_32_Heats_Women_800_Free.pdf |archive-date=August 6, 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Roma2009/C74A_ResSummary_13_Heats_Women_1500_Free.pdf |title=2009 World Championships results: Women's 1500m freestyle preliminaries |date=July 27, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806181831/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Roma2009/C74A_ResSummary_13_Heats_Women_1500_Free.pdf |archive-date=August 6, 2009}}

In June 2012, Anderson qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics by placing first at the FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier in Setubal in the 10-kilometer open water event. Anderson later competed at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in the hopes of also competing in the pool but narrowly missed the team by finishing third in the 800-meter freestyle. She also competed in the 400-meter individual medley and placed eighth in the final.

At the 2012 Olympics in London, Anderson earned a silver medal by placing second in the 10-kilometer marathon event, finishing four-tenths (0.40) of a second behind the winner, Éva Risztov of Hungary, over the 6.2 miles of the event.{{cite news |url=http://london2012.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/haley-anderson-wins-silver-in-10k-swim/ |title=Haley Anderson Wins Silver in 10K Swim |access-date=August 9, 2012 |work=The New York Times |first=Karen |last=Crouse |date=August 9, 2012}} Her sister Alyssa earned a gold medal at the 2012 Olympics as a member of the winning U.S. team in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay.

At the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona in 2013, Anderson won the gold medal in the 5-kilometer open water competition.{{cite web |url=http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/20/haley-anderson-open-water-swimming-world-championships/ |title=Haley Anderson Wins Open-water 5K at swim-worlds |access-date=August 13, 2013}}

At the AT&T Winter Nationals located in Federal Way, WA, Anderson won first in both the women's 800-meter freestyle and the women's 200-meter butterfly.

At the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, she retained her 5 km open water title.{{Cite web |title=Haley ANDERSON {{!}} Medals {{!}} FINA Official |url=https://www.fina.org/athletes/1002377/-/www.fina.org/athletes/1002377/-/medals |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation |language=en}}

In 2019, she won silver in the 10 km open water race at the World Championships.

Personal bests (long course)

class="wikitable" \|
Event ! Time ! Date
800 m freestyle	align=right \| 8:20.51{{Cite web \|title=2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Women's 800m Freestlye Final Results \|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500030201F104FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf \|access-date=June 22, 2021 \|website=Omega Timing}}	align="right" \| June 19, 2021

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Event

! Time

! Date

800 m freestyle

align=right | 8:20.51{{Cite web |title=2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Women's 800m Freestlye Final Results |url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500030201F104FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |access-date=June 22, 2021 |website=Omega Timing}}

align="right" | June 19, 2021

References

External links

{{World Aquatics}}
{{International Swimming League|anderson-haley|archive=20210616180243}}
{{USA Swimming|new_id=haley-anderson|archive=20211205194905}}
{{USOPC|new_id=haley-anderson|old_id=AN/Haley-Anderson|archive=20220711223226}}
{{Olympics.com|haley-anderson|org_archive=20190326180319}}
{{Olympedia}}
{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826030517/http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/w-swim/mtt/anderson_haley00.html |date=August 26, 2010 |title=Haley Anderson – University of Southern California athlete profile}}