Kiera Gazzard

Fast Facts

Sport: Artistic Swimming
Event: Team
Olympic History: Tokyo 2020
Year Born: 2001
State Born: NSW

About Kiera

Kiera Gazzard first noticed artistic swimming at her local pool as an eight-year-old, after spotting the artistic swim team training at the other end of the pool. Shortly after, Kiera attended a ‘come and try’ lesson and was recruited for the U12 team.

While she grew up training at the Sydney Emerald Synchronised Swimming Club, Kiera moved to Queensland later in life to train at the Gold Coast Mermaids Club.

The decision to move interstate provided the perfect opportunity for Kiera to further develop her skills.

In 2017 she was a member of the FINA World Championships team, where Australia beat Egypt for the first time in six years. This was a massive milestone for the Australia team as Egypt was Australia's biggest competition when it comes to Olympic qualification.

While growing up Kiera set herself a goal to become the first Australian soloist to compete at the Junior World Championships. In 2018, she made this goal a reality when she was selected to swim solo at the FINA World Junior Championships.

As well as the solo swim, Kiera competed in the duet and team events which she said was an amazing opportunity and challenge that helped her development as a senior athlete.

The 18-year-old suffered a major setback leading into the 2019 FINA World Championships when she was diagnosed with a concussion after being kicked in the head during a training session.

Considering the World Championship event was an Olympic qualifying event, the reality of being unfit to compete was difficult for Kiera to accept. She cheered on from the sidelines and the team made it through the qualifying event.

Kiera made her Olympic debut at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Aussie team placed a respectable 9th overall in the tournament, with a technical routine score of 75.6351 and free routine score of 77.3667, earning them a total of 153.0018.