Bianca Hammett

Bianca Hammett, born on 12 September 1990 in Warrnambool, is an Australian synchronised swimmer who has represented her country in the sport since 2007. She took up synchronised swimming at the age of eight after reading an advertisement for it in a newspaper, joined Australia's national team in 2006 and made her international debut at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, where the team became the first Australian side to reach a synchronised swimming final. She competed in the team event at both the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, finishing eighth on each occasion, and she also swam at the World Aquatics Championships of 2011, 2013 and 2015, where she was the flag bearer for the Australian aquatics team. She trained with the Gold Coast Mermaids and studied at the University of Queensland.