Keri-Anne Payne
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Payne represented Great Britain at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the women's 200 meter individual medley, 400 metre individual medley and the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim.
She lives in Heywood, Greater Manchester and is coached by Sean Kelly. She swims a variety of other pool and open water swimming events. At the 2009 World Swimming Championships held in Rome and the 2011 World Swimming Championships held in Shanghai, Payne won the 10 km marathon swim, solidifying her reputation as the world's best female 10 km swimmer.
Keri-Anne is ranked in the 2011 FINA World Cup Rankings and won the 2011 FINA World Championships in the 10K Olympic qualifier in Shanghai, China. She was named as the 2011 Swimming World Magazine's Open Water Swimmer of the Year and was nominated for the 2011 and 2012 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year award. She has also won events from Great Britain to South Africa, including 7 consecutive victories in the aQuellé Midmar Mile.
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Dedication Not Sacrifice
World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year Nomination
Payne at the Midmar Mile
2012 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year Nomination
Payne was nominated for the 2012 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year award. Her World Open Water Swimming Association nomination reads,
Keri-Anne Payne was the face and standard-bearer of Olympic marathon swimming in the run-up to the 2012 London Olympic Games. The odds-on gold medal favorite always carried herself with grace and elegance throughout the massive media blitz as if she were born into the role. Kind with fans, patient with the media, accommodating to sponsors, she was the epitome of an ambassador of the sport. Attractive, talented and well-spoken, the pressure and expectations to win was beyond anything anyone has ever faced in the open water world. To the disappointment of over 30,000 fans in Hyde Park including the Prime Minister, she did not live up to the gold medal expectations that engulfed her in suffocating fashion. Yet she never lost her graceful veneer and humble attributes. Despite leaving London without a medal, she was able to hold her head high and leave a true champion. For her strength of character, for her ability to rebound from finishing fourth at the Olympics, for her continued role as an ambassador of the sport, Keri-Anne Payne is a worthy nominee for the 2012 WOWSA Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year.
2012 Olympic Marathon Swim Results
GOLD Eva Risztov (HUN) 1:57:38.2
SILVER Haley Anderson (USA) 1:57:38.6
BRONZE Martina Grimaldi (ITA) 1:57:41.8
4. Keri-Anne Payne (GBR) 1:57:42.2
5. Angela Maurer (GER) 1:57:52.8
6. Ophelie Aspord (FRA) 1:58:43.1
7. Olga Beresnyeva (UKR) 1:58:44.4
8. Erika Villaecija (ESP) 1:58:49.5
9. Jana Pechanova (CZE) 1:58:52.8
10. Anna Guseva (RUS) 1:58:53.0
11. Melissa Gorman (AUS) 1:58:53.1
12. Karla Sitic (CRO) 1:58:54.7
13. Yumi Kida (JPN) 1:58:59.1
14. Yanel Pinto (VEN) 1:59:05.8
15. Natalia Charlos (POL) 1:59:58.7
16. Heidi Gan (MAS) 2:00:45.0
17. Cecilia Biagioli (ARG) 2:01:02.2
18. Zsofia Balazs (CAN) 2:01:17.8
19. Swann Oberson (SUI) 2:01:38.0
20. Wing Yung Natasha Terri Tang (HKG) 2:02:33.4
21. Lizeth Rueda Santos (MEX) 2:02:46.1
22. Marianna Lymperta (GRE) 2:04:26.5
Poliana Okimoto (BRA) DNF
Jessica Roux (RSA) DNF
Yanqiao Fang (CHN) DNS
External links
- Keri-Anne Payne official website
- 2012 Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km Coverage
- FINA World Championships
- Finalists in the Women's Olympic Marathon Swim
- Keri-Anne's Swimming Blog
- Team GB Olympic Profile
- British Swimming Profile
- Keri-Anne Payne website
- Open Water Swimming
- Keri-Anne Payne Never Lets Up
- A Model Open Water Swimmer
- Keri-Anne Payne Wins The Midmar Mile
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Keri-Anne Payne, British Open Water Swimming Icon
- Beautiful Swimmers From The Japanese Eye
- Luane Rowe, Rare As A Pink Dolphin
- Pool vs. Open Water Swimming, A Different Intensity
- 30 Open Water Swimmers Known By One Name
- A Fitting Outcome In The United Kingdom
- Publicizing Heroes And Heroines Of Open Water Swimming
