25 Facts About Lani Pallister

Lani Pallister was born on 6 June 2002 and is an Australian competitive swimmer.

Lani Pallister holds the Oceanian, Commonwealth, and Australian records in the short course 1500-metre freestyle and the Australian record in the short course 800-metre freestyle.

Lani Pallister is the first female World Short Course champion in the 1500-metre freestyle, winning the inaugural event for women at the 2022 edition.

Lani Pallister is a five-time, 2018,2019,2020,2023,2024 Pier to Pub open water swim winner.

Lani Pallister has been coached by her mother since a young age and in 2020 changed swimming clubs to Griffith University where she is coached by both Janelle Pallister and Michael Bohl.

Lani Pallister followed up with a first open water title in the annual Pier to Pub swim in January 2018 at 15 years of age.

When Lani Pallister was 16 years old, she set a new world life saving record in the 100-metre rescue medley of 1:12.14 at the 2018 National Pool Championships in Adelaide in August, lowering the previous record by over three tenths of a second.

In January 2019, Lani Pallister won her second-consecutive title in the Pier to Pub open water swim in Lorne, winning the women's event, a 1.2-kilometre race, in a time of 12:20.

Lani Pallister won her first gold medal in the 800-metre freestyle, where she finished first with a Championships record time of 8:22.49.

Lani Pallister delivered her second gold medal in Championships record time in the 400-metre freestyle with a time of 4:05.42.

Lani Pallister was publicly announced as a nominee for the "One to Watch" award, one of the Australian Women's Health Sport Awards, in October 2019.

Lani Pallister started off 2020 with a third-consecutive open water title in the Pier to Pub swim in January.

Lani Pallister set new Australian and Australian All Comers records in the 1500-metre freestyle with a time of 15:28.33 that made her the fourth fastest female swimmer in the race in history only behind Sarah Kohler of Germany, Mireia Belmonte of Spain, and Lauren Boyle of New Zealand.

At the 2022 Australian Swimming Championships in May, and conducted in long course metres, Lani Pallister won the gold medal in the 800-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 8:17.77 and qualified for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Lani Pallister's time made her the second-fastest female Australian ever in the long course 800-metre freestyle after Ariarne Titmus.

Lani Pallister achieved another World Championships and Commonwealth Games qualifying time in the 1500-metre freestyle on the fourth day, winning the gold medal with a personal best time of 15:55.40.

Lani Pallister placed second in the final with a personal best time of 4:02.21.

Lani Pallister won the bronze medal in the final the following day, finishing in a personal best time of 15:48.96, which was less than five seconds behind silver medalist Katie Grimes of the United States.

Lani Pallister withdrew from competition following her finals qualification, not competing in the final of the event.

On day four of swimming competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Lani Pallister ranked first in the preliminaries of the 800-metre freestyle with a time of 8:32.67.

Lani Pallister earned a spot on the Team Australia roster for the 2022 World Short Course Championships in December based on her results at the 2022 Australian Short Course Championships and was publicly named to the roster on 2 September.

Lani Pallister's medal was the first gold medal won by a female Australian swimmer at the home-country 2022 World Short Course Championships.

The evening of day two, Lani Pallister registered another personal best time, this time winning the gold medal in the 800-metre freestyle with an Australian and All Comers record time of 8:04.07, which was a 3.30 second improvement on her previous personal best and the corresponding national marks.

At the 2023 Pier to Pub open water swim in January, Lani Pallister won the Super Fish category, placed second overall amongst female competitors, and twenty-eighth overall among all competitors with a time of 12:36.

Lani Pallister won the silver medal in the 400-metre freestyle on day three with a 4:05.86.