Emily Hallifax

Emily Hallifax
Personal information
Born (2005-12-09) 9 December 2005 (age 20)
Nice, France
Sport
CountryFrance
SportDiving

Emily Hallifax (born 9 December 2005 in Nice) is a French athlete who competes in platform diving. She won two medals at the 2024 European Swimming Championships; silver in the 10 m platform and bronze in the 10 m synchro platform.

Education

She attends Auburn University.

Career

In her youth, Emily Hallifax first practiced high-level gymnastics, first in artistic gymnastics then acrobatic. She discovered diving at the age of 16 during the confinement period. For her first participation in the French Championships, she won a silver medal in the junior category and then joined INSEP.

In 2023, she was French vice-champion in the individual 10m and she finished tenth in the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in the 10m synchro with her partner Jade Gillet [fr].

In 2024, she won the silver medal at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships in the individual 10-metre event, tied with Ukrainian diver Sofiya Lyskun, and added a bronze medal in synchronized diving with Jade Gillet.

She came in eighth at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She competed with Jade Gillet.

Awards

European Championship
Year Place Medal Type
2024 Belgrade (Serbia)  Silver Platform 10 m
2024 Belgrade (Serbia)  Bronze 10 m synchro platform

References

  1. ↑ "Emily HALLIFAX | Profile | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  2. ↑ Lang, Taylor (31 July 2024). "Auburn University student competes in synchronized diving at Olympics". WVTM. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "Emily Halifax". www.equipedefrance.com (in French). Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "Championnats du Monde de Plongeon 2023 - Résultats Femmes". www.les-sports.info. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "Diving – European Aquatics Belgrade 2024". Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "Hallifax finishes eighth in Olympic debut". Auburn Tigers - Official Athletics Website. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "Olympians in Paris, caught in motion". AP News. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "Triathlon kicks off another day of competition at the Paris Games. Here's a look at Day 5". AP News. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.