Hayley Chapman

Hayley Chapman (born 19 January 1992) is an Australian sport shooter representing Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in shooting in the 25m pistol event where she placed 34th out of 39.

Hayley Chapman
Personal information
Nickname(s)Halez
NationalityAustralia
Born (1992-01-19) 19 January 1992
Balaklava, South Australia
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in) (2012)
Weight54 kg (119 lb) (2012)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportSport shooting
ClubBalaklava Sports Shooting Club

Personal

Chapman was born on 19 January 1992 in Balaklava, South Australia.[1][2][3] She grew up on a farm in Hoyleton, South Australia[4] and attended Horizon Christian School for primary and secondary school.[1][3] In 2011, she enrolled at the University of South Australia in a Bachelor of Management and Marketing course.[1] As of 2012, she lives in Hoyleton, South Australia.[1][2]

Chapman is 168 centimetres (5 ft 6 in) tall and weighs 54 kilograms (119 lb).[1] Her father is David Chapman.[2][5][6] She thought her father looked a bit embarrassing wearing the Olympic team track suit.[5]

Shooting

Chapman is a sport shooter specialising in pistol shooting.[1][2] She started the sport after having fun at her father's national titles competition in 2006.[1][3][6] She is a member of the Balaklava Sports Shooting Club,[1] and has shooting scholarships with the South Australian Sports Institute and South Australia Rifle Pistol Association.[1] She was coached by her father.[4][7] Since 2008, she has also been coached by Anatoly Babushkin.[1] She was a member of the Australian shooting development squad,[1][7] which aimed to prepare her for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]

At the 2008 Youth Commonwealth Games in India, Chapman won a bronze medal.[3][8][9] That year, she competed in the Junior Women's National Championship, where she finished first in the 10m air pistol event.[3] At the 2008 Australian Cup, she finished fourth in the women's open division 10m air pistol event.[3] At the 2011 World Cup 4 in Munich, Germany, she finished 73rd in the 25m pistol event.[1] In the 10m air pistol event, she finished 118th with a score of 362.[10]

Olympics

Chapman was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in shooting in the 25 metre pistol event.[1][2][5][6][7] As a twenty-year-old,[2][7] she was nominated to compete alongside her father in London,[2][4][5][6][7] the first time an Australian father-daughter pair competed in the Olympics at the same Games.[6] She qualified at a Munich-based World Cup event in June, the last available event open to earn a spot.[4]

Pictures of Chapman and her father were published in a Melbourne area newspaper. These pictures were discussed in the context of the Australian Olympic Committee actions surrounding two swimmers who posed with guns.[11]

References
  1. "London 2012 - Hayley Chapman". Australia: Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  2. "London 2012: Australian Olympic shooting team". The Roar. 13 June 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  3. Homfray, Reece. "Youth Sports Awards: Chapman and Gale just can't miss". Leader Messenger. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  4. "Chapmans make Olympic shooting history". Nine MSN. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  5. "Terri Psiakis: Tracksuiting up for Olympic glory — Local News — News — General". The City Weekly. 28 June 2012. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  6. Broad, Ben (19 June 2012). "Heir trigger with gold in her sights". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  7. "Chapmans set Olympic shooting history — Yahoo! New Zealand Sport". Nz.sports.yahoo.com. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  8. "Sport : A day to remember for Rahi Sarnobat". The Hindu. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  9. "Indians excel". Hindu.com. 1 November 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  10. "Yauhleuskaya claims bronze in Munich World Cup | News Bytes". Thesportscampus.com. 23 June 2011. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  11. "Guns and poses: Are these photos hypocritical?". 3AW Sports Today. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
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