Hailey Rosanne Hernandez (born March 23, 2003) is a female diver from the

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Personal life

Hernandez graduated from Southlake Carroll High School in 2021 and will attend the University of Texas, where she plans to major in biology.

Diving

Hernandez started diving at age seven. She is a four-time

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6A high school state champion and a two-time world junior medalist. She qualified for the

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in the women's 3 meter springboard, placing second behind

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. Her dives had the lowest degree of difficulty among the Olympic contenders, although she made up for it by being the most consistent performing diver in the meet.

References

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