Keri-anne Payne (born 9 December 1987), also known by her married name Keri-anne Carry, is a South African-born British swimmer, specialising in marathon

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, and long-distance freestyle swimming in the pool. She is a two-time 10-kilometre open water world champion, and an Olympic silver medallist.

Swimming career

Payne was born on 9 December 1987 in

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, South Africa, to British parents, who registered her birth at the British Consulate. She started swimming aged 4, and was noticed aged 8 by

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's national performance director

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at a training camp in South Africa. As a result, the family returned to the UK to live in

Heywood, Greater Manchester Heywood is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, in the historic county of Lancashire. It had a population of 28,205 at the 2011 Census. The town lies on the south bank of the River Roch, east of Bury, ...

, when she was 13. Payne attended

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. Joining Stockport Metro, she has been coached since by Sean Kelly. Having broken the British junior 800-metre freestyle record in 2002, Payne's central financial support was cut after she failed to win a medal at the

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. As a result, Kelly suggested that she try open water swimming, allowing her to access additional central funding. At the

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, she competed in the 200-metre individual medley and 400-metre individual medley swimming events, as well as the 10-kilometre open water event, in which she placed second and won a silver medal. At the

2009 World Aquatics Championships The 2009 World Aquatics Championships ( it, Campionati mondiali di nuoto 2009) or the XIII FINA World Championships were held in Rome, Italy from 18 July to 2 August 2009. The 2009 Championships featured competition in all 5 aquatics disciplines ...

, held in

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, Payne won the 10-kilometre open water event. She finished first in a time of two hours, one minute and 37.1 seconds. In

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, Payne reclaimed the World Championship in the 10 km open water event, becoming in the process the first British athlete in any sport to confirm qualification for the

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. She took part in the 10-kilometre open water event at the

in London, and finished fourth, four seconds behind the winner. Payne trained at

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's Intensive Training Centre at

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's Grand Central Pools. There she met fellow swimmer

David Carry David Robert Carry (born 8 October 1981) is a Scottish former competition swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA world championships and the European championships, and Scotland in the Commonwealth Games. He competed interna ...

, whom she married on 15 September 2012 at Craigiebuckler Church,

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. The couple had lived in Heywood, Greater Manchester. However, due to Carry's retirement from competitive swimming and in preparation for the

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in Glasgow, after their wedding they relocated to Edinburgh, where Payne joined

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. In 2014, she won the

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European Open Water Swimming Cup Super Final in

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, Italy. In January 2017 Payne announced her retirement from competitive swimming Starting in January 2018, Payne will be co-presenting '' The Wave'' on

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channel W.

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Team GB Olympic profile

British Swimming profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Payne, Keri-anne 1987 births Living people English female swimmers Female long-distance swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Sportspeople from Johannesburg British female freestyle swimmers Female medley swimmers Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Heywood, Greater Manchester Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Sportspeople from Rochdale Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Swimming career

See also

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