Haley Anderson

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Haley Anderson
Personal information
Full nameHaley Danita Anderson
National teamUnited States
Born (1991-11-20) November 20, 1991 (age 34)
Santa Clara, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight150 lb (68 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
ClubSierra Marlins Swim Team
Trojan Swim Club
College team University of Southern California
CoachJeff Pearson (Sierra Marlins)
Dave Salo (USC)
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 London 10 km marathon
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Barcelona 5 km open water
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Kazan 5 km open water
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Budapest Team event
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Gwangju 10 km open water
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2019 Gwangju Team event
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Gold Coast 10 km open water
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Tokyo 10 km open water
Summer Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Shenzhen 1500 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2011 Shenzhen800 m freestyle

Haley Danita Anderson (born November 20, 1991) is an American competitive swimmer, who competed for the University of Southern California, and is an Olympic silver medalist. She placed second in the 10-kilometer open water event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and later competed in the event in the 2016, and 2020 Olympics. [1]

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Early life

Anderson was born November 20, 1991 in Santa Clara, California to mother Colette, a former collegiate swimmer, and father Randy Anderson. [2] She attended Granite Bay High School in greater Sacramento, graduating in 2009. By the age of six, Anderson, and her one-year older sister Alyssa swam for a recreational swim program at a Livermore, California club coached by Dianne Masluk. Anderson's sister Jordan also competed in swimming. During her later high school years, Haley swam for the strong program at the Sierra Marlins Swim Club in Folsom, California under Marlins Coach one-time CEO and Jeff Pearson. Coach Pearson was a supporter of distance and open water swimming, provided open water training for a few of his Marlin swimmers, and participated in several open water events himself. [3] [4]

Anderson's sister, Alyssa, was an All American swimmer at Arizona. Both sisters competed at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships. [5]

University of Southern California

Anderson attended the University of Southern California, where she swam for the USC Trojans swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from the Fall of 2009 to 2013 under Head Coach Dave Salo. Around her Junior years at USC, she captured her first NCAA title in the 500-yard freestyle, with a school record time of 4:34.84 and served as a Co-captain in her Senior year. At USC, she held school records in the 1650, 1000, and 500-yard freestyle events. She received honors as an All American eight times, and captured five titles in her collegiate conference. Anderson also swam with the Trojan Swim Club, associated with USC. [6] [7] [8]

Swim career

At the 2009 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, Anderson placed first in the 800-meter and 1,500-meter freestyle events.

At the 2009 USA Nationals and World Championship Trials, Anderson placed second in the 800-meter freestyle in 8:31.66, earning a place to compete at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome. [9] [10] At the World Championships, Anderson placed 28th in the 800-meter freestyle (8:45.91) and ninth in the 1,500-meter freestyle (16:20.62). [11] [12]

In June 2012, Anderson qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics by placing first at the FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier in Setubal in the 10-kilometer open water event. Anderson later competed at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in the hopes of also competing in the pool but narrowly missed the team by finishing third in the 800-meter freestyle. She also competed in the 400-meter individual medley and placed eighth in the final.

2012 Olympic silver

At the 2012 Olympic trials, Anderson placed third in the 800-meter freestyle, just missing being selected for the U.S. team in the event. She qualified for the 10k Open water swim after winning the FINA qualifying event for the Olympic 10k marathon held in Portugal. [13] [14]

Later, at the 2012 Olympics in London, Anderson earned a silver medal by placing second in the 10-kilometer marathon event, with a time of 1:57:38.6 finishing only four-tenths (0.40) of a second behind the winner, Éva Risztov of Hungary, over the 6.2 miles of the event. Swimming at the Serpentine Lake, in London's Hyde Park, Anderson became the first American to win the event, first introduced in Beijing Olympics in 2008. [15] Anderson was not considered a favorite going into the race, and had two pass two competitors at the race's final stretch after the last turn. Her sister Alyssa earned a gold medal at the 2012 Olympics as a member of the winning U.S. team in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay. [5] [16]

Anderson also swam the 10 kilometer marathon event at the 2016 Rio Olympics, placing 5th, and at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics placing 6th with a time of 1:59.36.9. [5]

2013

At the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona in 2013, Anderson won the gold medal in the 5-kilometer open water competition. [17]

At the AT&T Winter Nationals located in Federal Way, WA, Anderson won first in both the women's 800-meter freestyle and the women's 200-meter butterfly.

At the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, she retained her 5 km open water title. [18]

In 2019, she won silver in the 10 km open water race at the World Championships. [18]

Personal bests (long course)

EventTimeDate
800 m freestyle8:20.51 [19] June 19, 2021

See also

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Haley Anderson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 2, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Andersons:Mom Swam in College", The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California, July 22, 2012, pg. C4
  3. ↑ "US Olympic Trials", The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California, June 30, 2008, page C2
  4. ↑ "Post-prep Career is Going Swimmingly", The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California, July 23, 2009, pg. C2
  5. 1 2 3 "Olympedia Biography, Haley Anderson". olympedia.org. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  6. ↑ "American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame, David Salo". swimmingcoach.org. Retrieved November 16, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Haley Anderson - Women's Swimming and Diving". USC Trojans.
  8. ↑ Berg, Aimee. "Haley Anderson (USA): "I've always been really tough"". FINA. Archived from the original on January 29, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  9. ↑ "2009 Conoco Phillips National Championships results: Women's 800m freestyle final" (PDF). July 11, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 6, 2009.
  10. ↑ FINA Worlds: U.S. swimming rosters
  11. ↑ "2009 World Championships results: Women's 800m freestyle preliminaries" (PDF). July 31, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 6, 2009.
  12. ↑ "2009 World Championships results: Women's 1500m freestyle preliminaries" (PDF). July 27, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 6, 2009.
  13. ↑ Patterson, Bill, "Haley Anderson Misses Open Water Gold", The Sacramento Bee, August 10, 2012, Sacramento, California, pg. C5
  14. ↑ Paterson, Bill, "Granite Bay's Anderson Family", The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California, June 22, 2012, pg. C1
  15. ↑ Crouse, Karen (August 9, 2012). "Haley Anderson Wins Silver in 10K Swim". The New York Times. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
  16. ↑ St. Clair, Stacy, "Little Sister Shocks Grown-ups for Silver", The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, August 10, 2012, pg. 64
  17. ↑ "Haley Anderson Wins Open-water 5K at swim-worlds" . Retrieved August 13, 2013.
  18. 1 2 "Haley ANDERSON | Medals | FINA Official". FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  19. ↑ "2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Women's 800m Freestlye Final Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
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