Hayley Lewis

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Hayley Lewis (OAM)

Hayley Lewis in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Hayley Jane Lewis
National team	Australia
Born	(1974-03-02) 2 March 1974 (age 50) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, butterfly, medley
Club	Commercial Swim Club
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Australia Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 800 m freestyle 1992 Barcelona 400 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 1991 Perth 200 m freestyle 1991 Perth 400 m freestyle 1991 Perth 400 m medley 1994 Rome 800 m freestyle 1991 Perth 200 m butterfly 2001 Fukuoka 5 km open water Pan Pacific Championships 1993 Kobe 1500 m freestyle 1995 Atlanta 800 m freestyle 1993 Kobe 800 m freestyle 1993 Kobe 4×200 m freestyle 1995 Atlanta 1500 m freestyle 1995 Atlanta 4×200 m freestyle 1993 Kobe 400 m medley 1995 Atlanta 400 m freestyle Commonwealth Games 1990 Auckland 200 m freestyle 1990 Auckland 400 m freestyle 1990 Auckland 200 m butterfly 1990 Auckland 400 m medley 1990 Auckland 4×200 m freestyle 1994 Victoria 400 m freestyle 1994 Victoria 4×200 m freestyle 1994 Victoria 800 m freestyle 1994 Victoria 200 m butterfly 1990 Auckland 200 m medley 1994 Victoria 400 m medley

Hayley Jane Lewis, OAM^[1] (born 2 March 1974), is an Australian former competitive swimmer best known for winning five gold medals and one bronze medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games as a 15-year-old.

Lewis is a former host of The Biggest Loser.

Lewis was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She attended Brisbane State High School, graduating in 1991. During her final year, she captained the Girls Swimming Team.^[2]

In 1990, at only 15, Hayley became a household name winning five gold medals at the Commonwealth Games. Lewis's 1990 Commonwealth Games gold medals were in the 200-metre freestyle, the 400-metre freestyle, the 200-metre butterfly, 400-metre individual medley and the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. She also won a bronze in the 200-metre individual medley.^[3]

At the 1991 World Championships in Perth she won gold in the 200-metre freestyle, silver in the 400-metre freestyle, silver in the 400-metre individual medley, and bronze in the 200-metre butterfly.

For the rest of her career, Lewis focused on the 800-metre freestyle, in which her best Olympic result was a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics and a silver at the 1994 Rome World Championships. She also won a bronze medal in the 400-metre freestyle in Barcelona. At the 2001 World Aquatics Championships, Lewis won a bronze medal in the 5-kilometre open water competition. She had planned to attempt to qualify for the 10-kilometre open water event at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but this event was removed from the competition. She competed at three Olympics.

Lewis is a previous host of the Australian version of The Biggest Loser between 2010 and 2014. She started the first swimming centre based inside a major shopping centre within Australia in 2002 at Westfield Carindale in Brisbane.^{[citation needed]}

In September 2010, Westfield's redevelopment plans saw Lewis's pool demolished. She now owns a gift and homewares store in Brisbane, Coming Up Roses.^{[citation needed]}

In April 2011, Random House published Hayley's first business book, Dream Believe Create. She married her childhood sweetheart, Greg Taylor, in 1997 and they have two sons, Jacob and Kai.^[4] The younger son, Kai Taylor, won a silver in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay in the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[5]

She is also a regular contributor to entertainment and lifestyle website Live4.^[6]

Lewis was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1997.^[7] She received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000 and a Medal of the Order of Australia in 2003.^[1][8]

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)

• ABC Online News: Athletes - Hayley Lewis
• Australian Swimming | News Article
• Australian Associated Press, Hayley Lewis called to murder trial, The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 October 2003
• ABC Online News - Athletes - Hayley Lewis
• Hayley Lewis at IMDb