Kate Haywood

Infobox Swimmer
swimmername = Kate Haywood

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fullname = Kate Haywood
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nationality = GBR
strokes = Breaststroke
club = Loughborough University SC
collegeteam = Loughborough University
birthdate = birth date and age|1987|04|01
birthplace = Grimsby, England
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Kate Emma Haywood (born 1 April 1987 in Grimsby, England) is an English swimmer. She was the youngest swimmer to represent England in the Commonwealth Games when she qualified for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, where she won a bronze medal in the 4×100 m medley relay. Despite missing out on qualification for the United Kingdom swim squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Haywood qualified for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, where she won a silver medal in the 4×100 m medley relay.

She won the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award in 2003.

Haywood currently studies at, and swims for, Loughborough University in Leicestershire.

Her great grandfather is Warneford Cresswell, former Everton and England footballer.Fact|date=August 2008

Personal bests and records held

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/swimming/newsid_3324000/3324977.stm Kate's BBC award shock!] , BBC News Online.

External links

* [http://www.britishswimming.org/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,5157-190208-207431-45175-286490-custom-item,00.html British Swimming Profile]
* [http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=6653 British Olympic Association Profile]
* [http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Participants/Participants?ID=104207 Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games profile] . Accessed 16 May 2006.