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{{Short description|Australian swimmer (born 1974)}}
{{For|the American beauty pageant titleholder crowned Miss Tennessee 2014|Hayley Lewis (model)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2010}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Hayley Lewis (OAM)
| image          = Hayley Lewis 2011 (cropped).jpg
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| caption        = Hayley Lewis in 2011
| fullname       = Hayley Jane Lewis
| nicknames      = 
| national_team  = {{AUS}}
| strokes        = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]], [[butterfly stroke|butterfly]], [[medley swimming|medley]]
| club           = Commercial Swim Club
| coach          = 
| collegeteam    = 
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1974|03|02}}
| birth_place    = [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], Australia
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
| height         = {{convert|1.71|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight         = {{convert|64|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | Australia}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's 800 metre Freestyle|800 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metre Freestyle|400 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1991 World Aquatics Championships|1991 Perth]] | 200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1991 World Aquatics Championships|1991 Perth]] | 400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1991 World Aquatics Championships|1991 Perth]] | 400 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1994 World Aquatics Championships|1994 Rome]] | 800 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1991 World Aquatics Championships|1991 Perth]] | 200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2001 World Aquatics Championships|2001 Fukuoka]] | 5 km open water}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1993 Kobe]] | 1500 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1995 Atlanta]] | 800 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1993 Kobe]] | 800 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1993 Kobe]] | 4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1995 Atlanta]] | 1500 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1995 Atlanta]] | 4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1993 Kobe]] | 400 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1995 Atlanta]] | 400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1990 Commonwealth Games|1990 Auckland]] | 200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | [[1990 Commonwealth Games|1990 Auckland]] | 400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | [[1990 Commonwealth Games|1990 Auckland]] | 200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalGold | [[1990 Commonwealth Games|1990 Auckland]] | 400 m medley}}
{{MedalGold | [[1990 Commonwealth Games|1990 Auckland]] | 	4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | [[1994 Commonwealth Games|1994 Victoria]] | 400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | [[1994 Commonwealth Games|1994 Victoria]] | 4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1994 Commonwealth Games|1994 Victoria]] | 800 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1994 Commonwealth Games|1994 Victoria]] | 200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1990 Commonwealth Games|1990 Auckland]] | 200 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1994 Commonwealth Games|1994 Victoria]] | 400 m medley}}
}}

'''Hayley Jane Lewis''', [[Order of Australia|OAM]]<ref name="oam">{{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1043991|title=Lewis, Hayley Jane OAM|publisher=It's an Honour|access-date=28 October 2013}}</ref> (born 2 March 1974), is an Australian former competitive [[swimming (sport)|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 (Australian TV series)|The Biggest Loser]]''.

==Early life==
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://brisbaneshs.eq.edu.au/our-school/history/legends-of-state-high |access-date=17 November 2023 |title=Legends of State High |date=17 March 2021 }}</ref>

==Sporting career==
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 swimming|butterfly]], 400-metre individual [[medley swimming|medley]] and the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. She also won a bronze in the 200-metre individual medley.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://commonwealthgames.com.au/athletes/hayley-lewis/ |access-date=17 November 2023 |title=Hayley Lewis Results &#124; Commonwealth Games Australia |date=19 June 2020 }}</ref>

At the [[1991 World Aquatics Championships|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.

==Post swimming career==
[[File:Michelle Bridges, Tiffiny Hall and Hayley Lewis 2011.jpg|thumb|left|''Left to right,'' [[Michelle Bridges]], [[Tiffiny Hall]] and Hayley Lewis (2011)]]
Lewis is a previous host of the Australian version of [[The Biggest Loser (Australian TV series)|''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|date=May 2013}}

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|date=May 2013}}

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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-07-24 |title=An Aussie swimming dynasty – Hayley Lewis and son Kai Taylor |url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/news/3602037/an-aussie-swimming-dynasty-hayley-lewis-and-son-kai-taylor |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=World Aquatics |language=en}}</ref> The younger son, [[Kai Taylor]], won a silver in the [[Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4x100 metre freestyle relay]] in the [[2024 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Final Results |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/results/swimming/men-s-4-x-100m-freestyle-relay/fnl-000100-- |website=Olympics |access-date=27 July 2024 |date=27 July 2024}}</ref>

She is also a regular contributor to entertainment and lifestyle website Live4.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.live4.com.au/author/hayley-lewis/ |title=Hayley Lewis - Live4 |access-date=2012-08-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825052741/http://www.live4.com.au/author/hayley-lewis/ |archive-date=25 August 2012}}</ref>

==Honours==

Lewis was inducted into the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/hayley-lewis/|title=Hayley Lewis|publisher=Sport Australia Hall of Fame|access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref> She received an [[Australian Sports Medal]] in 2000 and a Medal of the [[Order of Australia]] in 2003.<ref name="oam"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/976309|title=Lewis, Hayley Jane|publisher=It's an Honour|access-date=28 October 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)]]
* [[List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)]]
* [[List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.abc.net.au/news/olympics/athletes/hayley-lewis.htm ABC Online News: Athletes - Hayley Lewis]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050125190406/http://www.swimming.org.au/news/news_Item.cfm?ObjectID=5610 Australian Swimming | News Article]
* Australian Associated Press, [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/21/1066631413651.html Hayley Lewis called to murder trial], ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 21 October 2003
* [http://www.abc.net.au/news/olympics/athletes/hayley-lewis.htm ABC Online News - Athletes - Hayley Lewis]
* {{IMDb name|id=2205439|name=Hayley Lewis}}
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