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.
