Auckland 14 year old Gabrielle Fa’amausili has capped of an outstanding 2013 year when she was awarded the Emerging Talent of the Year at the Halberg Awards.
Since 2006, FINA organises World Junior Swimming Championships to allow young swimmers to develop through elite level competition. Every two years, about 500 swimmers aged between 14 and 18 years old gather together to test their skills among an up-and-coming field.
Swimming Junior World Champion in the 50m backstroke and world record holder, Gabrielle Fa'amausili has been announced as flag bearer for the New Zealand Youth Olympic Games Team in Nanjing 2014.
New Zealand flagbearer Gabrielle Fa’amausili followed her fellow 14 year old teammate Bobbi Gichard on to the podium at the Youth Olympic Games in China today.
The Oceania Swimming Championships are currently held every 2 years, in even years. They are organized by the Oceania Swimming Association, and feature teams representing countries and islands from that region. The championships include open water, pool and synchronised swimming. New Zealand are hosts for the 2014 Oceania Championships.
Youth Olympic and Junior Pan Pacific medallists are among the list of Kiwi swimmers heading across the ditch to compete in the Queensland Championships and Victorian Age Group Championships starting this weekend.
Age group teams were selected for the 2015 SAL State Teams Age Short Course in Canberra, Australia at the 2015 New Zealand Short Course Championships. The SAL State Teams Age Short Course will take place from 23-28 September, 2015.
A five-strong New Zealand Swimming team is in action from tomorrow in the fifth FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore.
All three New Zealand swimmers in action on day one set personal bests to progress to the evening semifinals of the FINA World Junior Championships in Singapore.
The FINA World Junior Championships is a swimming championship event organized by FINA for swimmers under the age of 18 years old. Every two years, about 500 swimmers aged between 14 and 18 years old gather together to test their skills among an up-and-coming field. In 2015, the international rendezvous will take place in Asia for the first time with Singapore (SIN) as host of the Championships, from August 25-30.
Fifteen-year-old Gabrielle Fa’amausili may have set a record for the shortest standing world record on the fourth day of heats at the FINA World Junior Championships in Singapore.
Fifteen-year-old stars of the future, Gabrielle Fa’amausili and Bobbi Gichard will vie for medals in the final of the 50m backstroke in the fourth day of the FINA World Junior Championships in Singapore.
Auckland swimmer Gabrielle Fa’amausili is in for a busy programme in the penultimate day of competition at the FINA World Junior Championships in Singapore.
Gabrielle Fa’amausili has successfully defended her title in a superb swim at the FINA World Junior Championships in Singapore.
World junior championship medallists Gabrielle Fa’amausili and Bobbi Gichard will head an eight-strong New Zealand swim team for the fifth Commonwealth Youth Games starting on Monday in Samoa.
World junior swimming champion Gabrielle Fa’amausili fittingly rounded out New Zealand’s 10th and final medal at the Youth Commonwealth Games in Samoa.
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