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French diver (born 2005)

Born (2005-12-09) December 9, 2005 (age 19)

Emily Hallifax
Personal information
Born	(2005-12-09) December 9, 2005 (age 19) Nice, France
Sport
Sport	Diving

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.^[1]

She attends Auburn University.^[2]

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.^[3]

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].^[4]

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.^[5]

She came in eighth at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[6] She competed with Jade Gillet.^[7]^[8]

Awards

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

References

↑ "Emily HALLIFAX | Profile | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
↑ Lang, Taylor (2024-07-31). "Auburn University student competes in synchronized diving at Olympics". WVTM. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
↑ "Emily Halifax". www.equipedefrance.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-11-16.
↑ "Championnats du Monde de Plongeon 2023 - Résultats Femmes". www.les-sports.info. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
↑ "Diving – European Aquatics Belgrade 2024". Retrieved 2024-11-19.
↑ "Hallifax finishes eighth in Olympic debut". Auburn Tigers - Official Athletics Website. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
↑ "Olympians in Paris, caught in motion". AP News. 2024-08-05. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
↑ "Triathlon kicks off another day of competition at the Paris Games. Here's a look at Day 5". AP News. 2024-07-31. Retrieved 2024-11-19.

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