Kylie Palmer

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Kylie Palmer

Personal information
Full name:	Kylie Palmer
Nationality:	Australia
Date of birth:	February 25, 1990 (1990-02-25) (age 18)
Place of birth:	Brisbane, Queensland

Medal record
Women's swimming
World Championships (SC)
Gold	2008 Manchester	200 m freestyle
Gold	2008 Manchester	400 m freestyle
Silver	2008 Manchester	800 m freestyle
Bronze	2008 Manchester	4x200 m freestyle

Kylie Palmer (born 25 February 1990 in Brisbane), is an Australian swimmer. At the 2007 Australian Short Course Championships she set an Australian and Commonwealth record in the 800 metres freestyle of 8:14.11.

She represented Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, where she finished 5th in the 400 metres freestyle. At the 2007 Melbourne World Championships she came 8th in the 800 metres freestyle.

At the Shortcourse World Championships in Manchster Kylie won 4 medals. Two titles over 200m and 400m freestyle, one silver medal over 800m freestyle and a bronze medal with the 4x200m freestyle relay.

At the 2008 Australian Swimming Championships she won the 800 metres freestyle in a personal best time of 8:24.30 and thus qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Also, by finishing 4th in the 200 metres freestyle, she qualified to swim in the relay at the games.