Keri-Anne Payne

Keri-Anne Payne
Personal information
Full name Keri-Anne Payne
Nationality British
Born 9 December 1987 (1987-12-09) (age 24)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight 67 kg (10 st 8 lb) [1]
Sport
Sport Swimming
Club Stockport Metro

Keri-Anne Payne (born 9 December 1987 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a British swimmer, specialising in marathon open water swimming, and long-distance freestyle swimming in the pool. She is a two-time World 10 km Open Water champion, and an Olympic silver medallist.

Payne was born in South Africa to British parents.[2] She started swimming aged four, and moved to the UK when she was 13.[2] She represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200m and 400m individual medley swimming events as well as the 10 km open water event, in which was placed second and won a silver medal for Great Britain.[3]

At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, held in Rome, Payne won the 10km swim. She finished first in a time of two hours, one minute and 37.1 seconds.[4]

In 2011 in Shanghai, Payne reclaimed the World Championship in the 10 km Open Water event, becoming in the process the first British athlete in any sport to confirm qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.[5]

She lives in Heywood, Greater Manchester,[6] and trains at British Swimming's Intensive Training Centre at Stockport's Grand Central Pools.[2]

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Awards
Preceded by
Larisa Ilchenko		 World Open Water Swimmer of the Year
2009		 Succeeded by
Martina Grimaldi
Preceded by
Ana Marcela Cunha		 FINA Open Water Swimmer of the Year
2011		 Succeeded by
Incumbent

References

  1. ^ a b "Profile: Keri-Anne Payne". British Swimming. http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/swimming/womens-profiles/keri-anne-payne/137/. Retrieved 9 October 2010. 
  2. ^ a b c Kate Rew (20 September 2009). "How I got my body". The Observer (Guardian Media Group). http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/sep/20/kerri-anne-payne. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  3. ^ "British duo take 10km swim medals". BBC Sport (BBC Online). 20 August 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/swimming/7571530.stm. Retrieved 9 October 2010. 
  4. ^ "Payne powers to 10km world crown". BBC Sport (BBC Online). 22 July 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/swimming/8162702.stm. Retrieved 22 July 2009. 
  5. ^ "GB swimmer Keri-Anne Payne wins gold – and qualifies for 2012 Olympics". The Guardian (Guardian Media Group). 19 July 2011. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/19/keri-anne-payne-gold-olympics. Retrieved 19 July 2011. 
  6. ^ Keri-Anne Payne's Team GB Olympic Profile