Haley Nemra

{{short description|Marshallese distance runner}}

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| fullname = Haley Nicole Nemra

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| nationality = {{MHL}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|10|04}}

| birth_place = Marysville, Washington, U.S.

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| height = {{convert|1.68|m|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|59|kg|abbr=on}}

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| sport = Athletics

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| event = 800m

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| universityteam = University of San Francisco

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| olympics = Beijing 2008 (didn't advance), London 2012 (didn't advance)

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| pb = 2:14:90

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{{MedalSport | Women's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry | {{MHL}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Micronesian Games}}

{{MedalGold |2010 Koror | 800 m}}

{{MedalSilver |2010 Koror | 400 m}}

{{MedalSilver |2010 Koror | 1500 m}}

{{MedalBronze |2010 Koror | 5000 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|Oceania Championships}}

{{MedalSilver |2012 Cairns | 800 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|Oceania Youth Championships}}

{{MedalBronze |2006 Apia | 800 m}}

{{MedalBronze |2006 Apia | 1500 m}}

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Haley Nicole Nemra (born October 4, 1989) is an American-born Marshallese track athlete from Marysville, Washington. She was the first woman to represent the Marshall Islands at the Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/lists/99/manual |title=First female competitors at the Olympics by country |work=Olympedia |accessdate=26 June 2020}}

She represented her country at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 800 meters where she did not advance to the semifinals but finished with a personal best time of 2:14.90. She was flag-bearer for Marshall Islands during the Opening Ceremony in London.{{cite web |url= http://www.london2012.com/athlete/nemra-haley-1084098/ |title= Haley Nemra |publisher= London2012.com |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120722180937/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/nemra-haley-1084098/ |archive-date= 2012-07-22 }} She competed for the University of San Francisco from 2008–2011.{{cite web |url= http://usfdons.com/sports/c-xc/2010-11/bios/nemra_haley00.html |title= Haley Nemra |publisher= University of San Francisco }}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Achievements

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bgcolor="#eeeeee" colspan="6"|Representing {{MHL}}
rowspan=2|2006

|rowspan=2|Oceania Youth Championships

|rowspan=2|Apia, Samoa

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|800 m

|2:31.08 min

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|1500 m

|5:32.57 min

rowspan=4|2010

|rowspan=4|Micronesian Games

|rowspan=4|Koror, Palau

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|400 m

|62.15 s

bgcolor=gold|1st

|800 m

|2:27.40 min

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|1500 m

|5:22.80 min

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|5000 m

|21:32.75 min

2012

|Oceania Championships (Regional Division West)

|Cairns, Australia

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|800 m

|2:16.04 min

References

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