Lauren Boyle
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Lauren Boyle (black swim cap) |
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| Surname: | Lauren Marie Boyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 New Zealand
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| Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Society: | United Swimming Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team: | California Golden Bears | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | December 14, 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | 182 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 67 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lauren Marie Boyle (born December 14, 1987 in Auckland ) is a New Zealand freestyle swimmer .
Career
Lauren Boyle played her first international championship in 2005 at the World Championships in Montreal , where she was eliminated over 400 m freestyle in the preliminary and was eighth with the relay over 4 × 200 m freestyle. In 2006 she took part in her first Commonwealth Games and won bronze in the 4 × 200 m freestyle. At the World Short Course Championships in Shanghai in 2006 , the 4th and 5th place followed in the 4 × 100 and 4 × 200 m freestyle. At the Swimming World Championships in Melbourne in 2007 , she came in none of her five individual and relay starts on the prelims. In 2008 she started at the Olympic Games in Beijing in the relay over 4 × 200 m freestyle, which was disqualified in the preliminary stages.
From 2007 to 2010, Lauren Boyle studied at the University of California at Berkeley , where she earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the Haas School of Business and competed for the California Golden Bears university team .
At the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi , Lauren Boyle won silver in the 4 × 200 m freestyle and reached the finals in seventh place in the 200 m and fifth in the 400 m. In 2011 she reached the finals over 400 and 800 m at the World Championships in Shanghai, where she was sixth and eighth, and also finished eighth in the 4 × 200 m relay. At the Universiade in Shenzhen a few weeks later, she won five medals, including gold in the 400 and 800 m freestyle.
In 2012, Lauren Boyle took part in the Olympic Games for the second time and reached 8th place in the 400 m freestyle in London before she narrowly missed the podium as fourth in the Oceania record of 8: 22.72 minutes over twice the distance . At the short course world championships in Istanbul at the end of the year , she became world champion in the 800 m freestyle and won bronze over 400 m. In 2013 she won a bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle at the World Championships in Barcelona as the first woman from New Zealand to win a medal at a long-course World Championship. This was followed by two more bronze medals in the 800 and 1500 m freestyle.
On August 9, 2014, Lauren Boyle set a new world record in the 1500 m freestyle at a short course meeting in Wellington in 15: 22.68 minutes , which was undercut by Mireia Belmonte in December of the same year . At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow she won gold medal over 400 and silver over 800 m freestyle; She was fourth over 200 m. This was followed by two silver and one bronze medals at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 2014 in Gold Coast . At the 2015 World Swimming Championships in Kazan , Lauren Boyle won two silver medals in the 800 and 1500 m freestyle behind the outstanding Katie Ledecky , setting new Oceania records.
Best times and records
| discipline | Long track | Short course | ||||
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| 200 m freestyle | NR 01: 56.82 min | July 24, 2014 | Glasgow | NR 01: 54.97 min | 7th August 2013 | Eindhoven |
| 400 m freestyle | NR 04: 03.63 min | July 29, 2012 | London | OC 03: 55.16 min | August 8, 2013 | Eindhoven |
| 800 m freestyle | OC 08: 17.65 min | August 8, 2015 | Kazan | OC 08: 01.22 min | 7th August 2013 | Eindhoven |
| 1500 m freestyle | OC 15: 40.14 min | 4th August 2015 | Kazan | OC 15: 22.68 min | August 9, 2014 | Wellington |
| (NR = New Zealand record, OC = Oceania record - as of July 25, 2016) | ||||||
Web links
- Lauren Boyle in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Lauren Boyle in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
- Profile at the New Zealand Swimming Association (English)
- Lauren Boyle . (No longer available online.)Info Strada Sports, archived from the original onFebruary 22, 2016; accessed on May 27, 2018(English, original website no longer available).
- Results at the-sports.org (English)
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography on Lauren Boyle's website. Retrieved July 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Links to records on the New Zealand Swimming Association website. Retrieved July 25, 2016 .
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| SURNAME | Boyle, Lauren |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boyle, Lauren Marie (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Auckland , New Zealand |