Neville Hayes
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Full name | Neville Ronald Hayes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hurstville, New South Wales | 2 December 1943|||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 28 June 2022 | (aged 78)|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Harvard University | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Neville Ronald Hayes (2 December 1943 – 28 June 2022) was an Australian
Hayes set world records in both the 110-yard and 220-yard butterfly in the lead-up to the 1960 Games. However, the 100-metre butterfly was not contested as an individual event in that era. Hayes was aiming for success in the 200-metre butterfly, but came up against the United States'
In 1962, Hayes was usurped as Australia's leading butterfly swimmer when Berry defeated him at a dual meet between Australia and Japan. Later that year at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia, Berry defeated Hayes into silver the 100-metre butterfly by almost three seconds. Berry repeated the result in the 200-metre event, beating Hayes by 5.5 seconds.[2]
He graduated from Harvard University with Bachelor of Arts in 1967, and from Harvard Business School with an MBA in 1969. While attending Harvard as an undergraduate, he swam for the
See also
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Neville Hayes". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ ISBN 0-7333-0884-8.