Tayla Lovemore (born 20 March 1995), is a South African

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who specializes in women's butterfly events and freestyle relay. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the

2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.

. Recruited to swim at Indian River State College, Lovemore received the 2016 NJCAA Women’s Swimmer of the Year award during her graduating year. In March 2022, Lovemore was named as a NJCAA Hall of Fame inductee. She continued her collegiate swimming career at

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, where she was named ACC Swimmer of the Week by collegeswimming.com. Becoming a Graduate Assistant afterward, Lovemore worked while receiving her Master's degree. She then joined the International Swimming League, signing with the New York Breakers for Season 1 and the Toronto Titans for Season 2. As of September 2023, she ranked #68 for the top 100 all-time on a 50m butterfly short course performance and #84 for the top 100 all-time on a 100m butterfly short course performance.

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1995 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Universiade medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Africa Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade South African female butterfly swimmers South African female freestyle swimmers 21st-century South African women {{SouthAfrica-swimming-bio-stub