Bianca Hammett

Bianca Hammett

Bianca Hammett in March 2013
Personal information
Nickname(s) B, Yanks
Nationality Australian
Born (1990-09-12) 12 September 1990
Warrnambool, Victoria
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) (2012)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb) (2012)
Sport
Country  Australia
Sport Synchronised Swimming
Event(s) Team, Duet, Free Combination
Club Gold Coast Mermaids
Coached by Anna Nepotacheva, Marina Kholod
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals 2012 Summer Olympics

Bianca Hammett (born 12 September 1990) is an Australian synchronised swimmer. She was a member of Australia's 2007 Free Combination routine at the World Championships, who became the first Australian team to reach the final. She also represented Australia at the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, and qualified to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Personal

Nicknamed B and Yanks, Hammett was born on 12 September 1990 in Warrnambool.[1] She attended Calamvale State School before going to Calamvale Community College for high school.[1] In 2009, she enrolled at the University of Queensland and as of 2012, was working on a Bachelor of Applied Science.[1] As of 2012, she lives in Calamvale, Queensland.[1]

Hammett is 173 centimetres (5 ft 8 in) tall and weighs 55 kilograms (121 lb).[1]

Synchronised Swimming

Hammett and Burtaev perform their free routine at the 2013 French Open

Hammett is a synchronised swimmer,[1] taking up the sport after she read an advertisement for it in a newspaper when she was eight years old.[1] She is a member of the Gold Coast Mermaids.[2] She has been coached by Anna Nepotacheva and Marina Kholod since 2006.[1]

At the 2009 National Championships, Hammett finished third in the Open Solo event and, with partner Samantha Reid, second in the Open Duet event.[1] At the 2010 National Championships, she and Reid, finished second in the Open Duet event.[1] At the 2011 National Championships, she and Reid finished third in the Open Technical Duet and Open Free Duet events. In the Team Open Combination event, she came away with gold.[1]

Hammett made her national team debut in 2007 at the FINA World Championships in the team event.[1][3] The ten person team was the first Australian one to make it in the finals for the synchronised swimming free combination routine.[3]

Hammett finished 4th in the team event and 12th in Duet at the 2010 Swiss Open in Arbon, Switzerland.[1] She finished 11th in the team event at the 2010 FINA World Cup in China.[1] She finished 18th in the technical team event at the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China.[1] She finished 17th in the team event at the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China.[1] She finished 9th in the team event at the 2011 German Open in Bonn, Germany.[1] She finished 6th in the team event at the 2011 French Open in Paris, France.[1] The FINA World Championships held in Shanghai, China, served as the 2012 Olympic qualifying event for the team. Her team finished 18th in the technical team portion and 17th in the Free Team event.[1][2]

2012 Summer Games

Hammett was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in synchronized swimming.[1][4][5][6] The 2012 Games were her first.[4][5] The Australian team finished eighth in the technical team and eighth in the free team.

2013

Along with Olia Burtaev, also a 2012 Olympian, Hammett represented Australia at the 2013 French Open, the 2013 Japan Open and the 2013 FINA World Championships in the Duet events.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "London 2012 - Bianca Hammett". Australia: Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
  2. 1 2 "News". Queensland Synchronized Swimming Inc. Retrieved 2012-07-12.
  3. 1 2 "Better show tipped in Australia's first final - Swimming - Sport". theage.com.au. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
  4. 1 2 "brisbane schoolgirl olga burtaev dancing into london olympics". Melbourne, Australia: Herald Sun. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
  5. 1 2 "Queenslanders lead synchronised swimmers to London". ABC Grandstand Sport - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
  6. ↑ "australias olympic synchronised swimming team named". Sydney: The Australian. Retrieved 2012-07-12.
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