Lauren Marie Boyle (born 14 December 1987) is a former competitive
swimmer
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from New Zealand. She has competed at three
Commonwealth Games
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and three
Olympic Games
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.
Career
Boyle won a bronze medal with
Helen Norfolk
Helen Norfolk (born 27 August 1981 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
She has com ...
,
Alison Fitch
Alison Rachel Fitch (also known as Aly Fitch; born 18 February 1980 in Hamilton, New Zealand) is a New Zealand Swimming (sport), swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Care ...
and
Melissa Ingram in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the
2006 Commonwealth Games
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.
At the
2008 Olympic Games she was a member of the New Zealand 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team which was disqualified in the heats.
She won a silver medal with
Penelope Marshall,
Amaka Gessler
Amaka Gessler (born 24 April 1990) is a New Zealand representative swimmer. She won the silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण ...
and
Natasha Hind in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the
2010 Commonwealth Games
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.
At the
2012 Olympics in London, Boyle was fourth fastest in the heats of the
400m freestyle in a
New Zealand record 4:03.63. In the final she finished 8th. In the 800m heats she swam 8:25.91, also a New Zealand record, qualifying fifth fastest for the final. In the final she swam another record of 8:22.72 to finish fourth, 2.40 seconds from the bronze medal which went to defending champion and world record holder
Rebecca Adlington
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.
In August 2013, Boyle claimed three medals at the
FINA World Swimming Championships
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in Barcelona, becoming only the second New Zealander to achieve this feat (after
Danyon Loader
Danyon Joseph Loader (born 21 April 1975) is an Olympic champion, former world record holder swimmer from New Zealand, based in Dunedin. He remains the national record holder in the 400 metre freestyle short course.
He swam for New Zealand a ...
in 1994).
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Boyle won gold in the
400m freestyle and a silver medal in the
800m freestyle. She also finished fourth in the final of the
200m freestyle after breaking the New Zealand record in the heats. In the 400 m freestyle, she set a new Games record in the final.
At the Wellington Winter Short Course meet in August 2014 Boyle broke the
World Short Course record in the
women's 1500m freestyle with a time of 15:22.68.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Boyle was 14th fastest in the semi-finals of the 400 m freestyle, and did not make the final. In the 800 m freestyle, she was 0.29 of a second off making the final.
Boyle is a graduate of the
University of California, Berkeley
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. She announced her retirement from competitive swimming on 1 August 2017 due to ongoing injury problems.
In the
2020 New Year Honours, Boyle was appointed a
Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
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, for services to swimming.
See also
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List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
This is a list of women's Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming from 1930 to 2022.
Current program
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
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800 metre freestyle
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World record progression 1500 metres freestyle
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1987 births
Living people
California Golden Bears women's swimmers
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
New Zealand female swimmers
Olympic swimmers of New Zealand
Swimmers from Auckland
Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
Universiade medalists in swimming
Universiade gold medalists for New Zealand
Universiade silver medalists for New Zealand
Universiade bronze medalists for New Zealand
Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade