Hayley Lewis
Australian Olympic Champion | Mental Health Ambassador | Keynote Speaker | Host/MC / Brand Ambassador
CATEGORY
- Mental & Physical Health
- Inspirational Speaker
- International Women's Day
- Mindset Performance and Mindfulness Speaker
- Workplace Health & Safety
- Leadership Speaker
TOPICS
- Adaptation - Tips for Adapting to Changes in Work and Life
- Importance of a Positive Team Environment and Culture
- Mental Health in The Workplace
- Prioritisation of Work/Life Balance
- Mindset Mentoring and Forming an Action Plan as an Individual or Team
INFO
- Location: Brisbane
- Social media followers: 20k
Biography
Hayley burst onto the scene as a 15-year-old schoolgirl, capturing the hearts of Australians by winning 5 Gold medals at the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games. Backing up a year later, she went on to become one of Australia’s youngest ever World Champions by winning the 200m freestyle at the Perth World Championships. In 1992, at her first Olympics in Barcelona, Hayley brought home a Silver and a Bronze followed by more medals at the 93 Pan Pacific, the 1994 Commonwealth Games, 95 Rome World Championships and the 96 Atlanta Olympics.
Taking a break from swimming after Atlanta, Hayley married her high school sweetheart Greg Taylor in 1997 and the following year gave birth to their first son, Jacob. In 1999, she returned to swimming with the goal of making the 2000 Olympic team which she did, as well as the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka which saw her become the first ever swimmer to compete for her country in both open water and pool swimming at the same meet. Hayley went on to win a bronze medal at this meet and officially retired upon returning home at the age of 27.
In sharing her passion for swimming she opened a LEARN TO SWIM school at Westfield Carindale in 2002, the first for an Australian shopping centre. Changing pace, she went on to host five seasons of The Biggest Loser Australia between 2010 and 2014, write a business book- ‘Dream, Believe, Create’ and purchase a commercial property in Balmoral, Brisbane which has been home to her gift and homewares store ‘Coming Up Roses’ for over 10 years. In between her role as an inspirational speaker and endeavours of becoming a qualified psychologist, Hayley continues to be the very proud mum of her two boys, Jacob (23) and Kai (18) who is currently in pursuit of his own success in the Olympic swimming pool.
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