A member of the Para Development Squad, Kirralee Hayes has gone from strength to strength since she began swimming at the age of 11. Rising up through the ranks, Hayes put in strong performances at the Australian Multi-Class Swimming Championships in April on the Gold Coast, and then backed it up at the Australian Swimming Trials in June. Hayes trains under experienced para coach Yuriy Vdovychenko at the AIS in Canberra but hails from Genesis Aquatics Centre in Bray Park, Queensland.

Making her Paralympic debut at Tokyo 2020, she placed 11th with a time of 28.29 in the women’s 50m freestyle S13.

In the women’s 100m butterfly S13, she finished in 12th with a time of 1:12.68.…

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Date of birth
26 May 2004
Sport
Para-swimming
Impairment
Vision impairment
How acquired
Birth
Residence
Deception Bay, QLD
Occupation
Student
Started competing
2013
First competed for Australia
2021
Sport career highlights

Making the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Team

Greatest sporting moments

Making my first Open Final at Nationals in 2016

Heroes/role models

Jesse Aungles & Katja Dedekind

Favourite quote
Dream of what you want to be, wake up fighting for it

Disciplines

  • Sport: Para-swimming Classification: S13

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