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Kirralee Hayes

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Kirralee Hayes
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born26 May 2004 (2004-05-26) (age 20)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClassificationsS13, SB13, SM13
ClubGenesis Aquatics
CoachRick Pendleton
Medal record
Women's Paralympic swimming
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham 50 m freestyle S13

Kirralee Hayes (born 26 May 2004) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.[1]

Swimming

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Hayes, a founding member of the Genesis Aquatics based at Genesis Christian College, qualified for the S13 (vision impaired) 50m Freestyle and 100m Butterfly at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[2]

At 2021 Australian Swimming Trials, she finished second in Women's 50m Freestyle S13.

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, she swam in two events, the 50 m freestyle S11 and the 100 m butterfly S11 but did not qualify for the finals.[3]

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham, England, she won the bronze medal in the Women's 50 m freestyle S13. [4][5]

Hayes is based at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra and coached by Yuriy Vdovychenko, but regularly returns to train at Genesis Aquatics with her coach Rick Pendleton.

References

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  1. ^ "Paralympics Australia Names Powerful Para-Swimming Team For Tokyo". Paralympics Australia. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  2. ^ Crockford, Nick (7 July 2021). "Kirralee's perfect timing for Tokyo Games". Morton Daily. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Kirralee Hayes". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Cole, Patterson And Levy Amongst Stars Of The Pool Ready To Splash And Dash In Birmingham". Commonwealth Games Australia. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  5. ^ "2022 Commonwealth Games Results". Commonwealth Games Australia. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
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