Haley Nemra | |
Fullname: | Haley Nicole Nemra |
Birth Date: | 4 October 1989 |
Birth Place: | Marysville, Washington, U.S. |
Height: | 1.68m (05.51feet) |
Weight: | 59kg (130lb) |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | 800m |
Universityteam: | University of San Francisco |
Olympics: | Beijing 2008 (didn't advance), London 2012 (didn't advance) |
Pb: | 2:14:90 |
Updated: | 6 May 2013 |
Haley Nicole Nemra (born October 4, 1989) is an American-born Marshallese track athlete from Marysville, Washington. She was the first woman to represent the Marshall Islands at the Olympics.[1]
She represented her country at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 800 meters where she did not advance to the semifinals but finished with a personal best time of 2:14.90. She was flag-bearer for Marshall Islands during the Opening Ceremony in London.[2] She competed for the University of San Francisco from 2008–2011.[3]
Representing | |||||||
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2006 | Oceania Youth Championships | Apia, Samoa | 3rd | 800 m | 2:31.08 min | ||
3rd | 1500 m | 5:32.57 min | |||||
2010 | Micronesian Games | Koror, Palau | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 400 m | 62.15 s | |
bgcolor=gold | 1st | 800 m | 2:27.40 min | ||||
bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 1500 m | 5:22.80 min | ||||
3rd | 5000 m | 21:32.75 min | |||||
2012 | Oceania Championships (Regional Division West) | Cairns, Australia | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 800 m | 2:16.04 min |