Kate Haywood
Kate Haywood 
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| Surname: | Kate Haywood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 United Kingdom
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| Swimming style (s) : | chest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Society: | Loughborough University SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | April 1, 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Grimsby , England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | 1.77 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 69 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kate Haywood (born April 1, 1987 in Grimsby , England ) is a British breaststroke swimmer .
Career
In 2002 Haywood started for England at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester . There she was able to secure the bronze medal with the 4 × 100 m individual relay relay.
She missed the qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , but two years later she was able to qualify again for the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne , where she won the silver medal this time with the 4 × 100 m individual medley.
Two years later, she was able to win her first title again with the individual relay at the European Swimming Championships in 2008 . In 2010 she swam at the Commonwealth Games over 50 m chest and 100 m chest each in third place, with the individual relay she came second.
Haywood is currently studying and swimming at Loughborough University .
Records
| European records (2) | |||
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| 4 × 100 m layers (with Simmonds , Lowe and Halsall ) | 03: 59.33 min | March 24, 2008 | Eindhoven |
| 4 × 100 m layers (short course) (with Simmonds , Lowe and Halsall ) | 03: 53.02 min | April 11, 2008 | Manchester |
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Awards
- BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2003.
Web links
- Profile at the website of the British Olympic team in 2008 (English)
- Profile at British Swimming (English)
- Kate Haywood in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
- Kate Haywood in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Haywood, Kate |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grimsby |