Keri-Anne Payne

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameKeri-Anne•Payne (-Carry)
Used nameKeri-Anne•Payne
Nick/petnamesKez
Born9 December 1987 in Johannesburg, Gauteng (RSA)
Measurements177 cm / 66 kg
AffiliationsStockport Metro, Stockport (GBR)
NOC Great Britain
Medals OG
Gold 0
Silver 1
Bronze 0
Total 1

Biography

Born to British parents in Johannesburg, Keri-Anne Payne lived in South Africa until the age of 13. She made an impressive entrance to the international scene by winning the 400 m freestyle at the 2004 European Short Course Championships in the week of her 17th birthday. Although she has competed in freestyle and medley between 200 and 1500 metres, it is in the open water events that she has flourished. She placed 11th in the first World Championships in 2007, but improved her times considerably in the run-in to the Beijing Olympics and it was no great surprise that she took the silver medal at the event’s Olympic début. Payne then won the 10 km open water at both the 2009 and 2011 World Aquatics Championships and was voted the FINA Open Water Swimmer of the Year in both years. She also won a bronze medal in the 400 m individual medley at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. At the 2012 Olympics she finished 4th in the 10 km open water race, being edged out of a medal by jut 4/10ths of a second. She took a year out from the sport in 2014, but returned the following year in the hope of qualifying for the Rio Olympics which she did. However, in her third Olympics she could only finish seventh. Keri-Anne married fellow Olympic swimmer David Carry in 2012. She announced her retirement in January 2017.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
2008 Summer Olympics Swimming (Aquatics) GBR Keri-Anne Payne
200 metres Individual Medley, Women (Olympic) 16
400 metres Individual Medley, Women (Olympic) 15
Marathon Swimming (Aquatics) GBR Keri-Anne Payne
10 kilometres Open Water, Women (Olympic) 2 Silver
2012 Summer Olympics Marathon Swimming (Aquatics) GBR Keri-Anne Payne
10 kilometres Open Water, Women (Olympic) 4
2016 Summer Olympics Marathon Swimming (Aquatics) GBR Keri-Anne Payne
10 kilometres Open Water, Women (Olympic) 7

Olympic family relations

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