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{{Short description|American swimmer (born 1991)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Haley Anderson
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| full_name      = Haley Danita Anderson
| national_team  = United States
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1991|11|20}}
| birth_place    = [[Santa Clara, California]], U.S.
| height         = 5 ft 10 in
| weight         = 150 lb
| strokes        = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]]
| club           = Sierra Marlins Swim Team
| collegeteam    = [[USC Trojans|University of Southern California]]
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry|the United States}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon 10 kilometre|10 km marathon]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2013 World Aquatics Championships|2013 Barcelona]]|[[Open water swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 5 km|5 km open water]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2015 World Aquatics Championships|2015 Kazan]]|[[Open water swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 5 km|5 km open water]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2017 World Aquatics Championships|2017 Budapest]]|[[Open water swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Team|Team event]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2019 World Aquatics Championships|2019 Gwangju]]|[[Open water swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 10 km|10 km open water]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Gwangju|[[Open water swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Team|Team event]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|2014 Gold Coast]]|10 km open water}}
{{MedalGold| [[2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|2018 Tokyo]] | [[2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 10 kilometre open water|10 km open water]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Summer Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2011 Summer Universiade|2011 Shenzhen]]|[[Swimming at the 2011 Summer Universiade|1500 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2011 Shenzhen|800 m freestyle}}
}}

'''Haley Danita Anderson''' (born November 20, 1991) is an American competitive [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]] who is an Olympic silver medalist.  She placed second in the 10-kilometer open water event at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Haley Anderson |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/haley-anderson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202204732/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/haley-anderson-1.html |archive-date=December 2, 2016}}</ref>

==Personal==
Anderson's older sister, [[Alyssa Anderson|Alyssa]], was a swimmer at [[University of Arizona|Arizona]].  Both sisters competed at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships.

Anderson attended the [[University of Southern California]], where she swam for the [[USC Trojans]] swimming and diving team in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) competition from 2010 to 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://usctrojans.com/sports/womens-swimming-and-diving/roster/haley-anderson/3398 |title=Haley Anderson - Women's Swimming and Diving |website=USC Trojans}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fina.org/news/haley-anderson-usa-ive-always-been-really-tough |title=Haley Anderson (USA): "I've always been really tough" |last=Berg |first=Aimee |website=FINA |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129233246/http://www.fina.org/news/haley-anderson-usa-ive-always-been-really-tough |archive-date=January 29, 2020 |access-date=January 29, 2020}}</ref>

==Career==
At the 2009 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, Anderson placed first in the 800-meter and 1,500-meter freestyle events.

At the 2009 USA Nationals and World Championship Trials, Anderson placed second in the 800-meter freestyle in 8:31.66, earning a place to compete at the [[2009 World Aquatics Championships]] in [[Rome]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Indy2009/C73A1_Res1Heat_125_Finals_1_Women_800_Free.pdf |title=2009 Conoco Phillips National Championships results: Women's 800m freestyle final |date=July 11, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806214234/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Indy2009/C73A1_Res1Heat_125_Finals_1_Women_800_Free.pdf |archive-date=August 6, 2009}}</ref><ref>[http://www.universalsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=11652&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=23000&ATCLID=204760905 FINA Worlds: U.S. swimming rosters]</ref> At the World Championships, Anderson placed 28th in the 800-meter freestyle (8:45.91) and ninth in the 1,500-meter freestyle (16:20.62).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Roma2009/C74A_ResSummary_32_Heats_Women_800_Free.pdf |title=2009 World Championships results: Women's 800m freestyle preliminaries |date=July 31, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806182732/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Roma2009/C74A_ResSummary_32_Heats_Women_800_Free.pdf |archive-date=August 6, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Roma2009/C74A_ResSummary_13_Heats_Women_1500_Free.pdf |title=2009 World Championships results: Women's 1500m freestyle preliminaries |date=July 27, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806181831/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2009/Roma2009/C74A_ResSummary_13_Heats_Women_1500_Free.pdf |archive-date=August 6, 2009}}</ref>

In June 2012, Anderson qualified for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] by placing first at the FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier in [[Setubal]] in the 10-kilometer open water event.  Anderson later competed at the [[2012 United States Olympic Trials (swimming)|2012 United States Olympic Trials]] in the hopes of also competing in the pool but narrowly missed the team by finishing third in the 800-meter freestyle.  She also competed in the 400-meter individual medley and placed eighth in the final.

At the 2012 Olympics in London, Anderson earned a silver medal by placing second in the [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon 10 kilometre|10-kilometer marathon]] event, finishing four-tenths (0.40) of a second behind the winner, [[Éva Risztov]] of [[Hungary]], over the 6.2 miles of the event.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://london2012.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/haley-anderson-wins-silver-in-10k-swim/ |title=Haley Anderson Wins Silver in 10K Swim |access-date=August 9, 2012 |work=The New York Times |first=Karen |last=Crouse |date=August 9, 2012}}</ref> Her sister [[Alyssa Anderson|Alyssa]] earned a gold medal at the 2012 Olympics as a member of the winning U.S. team in the [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4x200-meter freestyle relay]].

At the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona in 2013, Anderson won the gold medal in the 5-kilometer open water competition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/20/haley-anderson-open-water-swimming-world-championships/ |title=Haley Anderson Wins Open-water 5K at swim-worlds |access-date=August 13, 2013}}</ref>

At the AT&T Winter Nationals located in Federal Way, WA, Anderson won first in both the women's 800-meter freestyle and the women's 200-meter butterfly.

At the [[2015 FINA World Championship|2015 World Championships]] in Kazan, she retained her 5&nbsp;km open water title.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Haley ANDERSON {{!}} Medals {{!}} FINA Official |url=https://www.fina.org/athletes/1002377/-/www.fina.org/athletes/1002377/-/medals |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation |language=en}}</ref>

In 2019, she won silver in the 10&nbsp;km open water race at the [[2019 FINA World Championships|World Championships]].<ref name=":0" />

==Personal bests (long course)==
{| class="wikitable" |
|-
! Event
! Time
! Date
|-
| 800 m freestyle|| align=right |  8:20.51<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Women's 800m Freestlye Final Results |url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011500030201F104FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf |access-date=June 22, 2021 |website=Omega Timing}}</ref>|| align="right" | June 19, 2021
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Olympics}}
*[[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)]]
*[[List of University of Southern California people]]
*[[USC Trojans]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Aquatics}}
* {{International Swimming League|anderson-haley|archive=20210616180243}}
* {{USA Swimming|new_id=haley-anderson|archive=20211205194905}}
* {{USOPC|new_id=haley-anderson|old_id=AN/Haley-Anderson|archive=20220711223226}}
* {{Olympics.com|haley-anderson|org_archive=20190326180319}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826030517/http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/w-swim/mtt/anderson_haley00.html |date=August 26, 2010 |title=Haley Anderson – University of Southern California athlete profile}}

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[[Category:1991 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American female freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Santa Clara, California]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:USC Trojans women's swimmers]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Female long-distance swimmers]]
[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming]]
[[Category:Summer World University Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for the United States]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:21st-century American sportswomen]]