Hayley Chapman

Chapman was born on 19 January 1992 in Balaklava, South Australia.[1][2][3] She grew up on a farm in Hoyleton, South Australia[4] and attended Horizon Christian School for primary and secondary school.[1][3] In 2011, she enrolled at the University of South Australia in a Bachelor of Management and Marketing course.[1] As of 2012, she lives in Hoyleton, South Australia.[1][2]

Chapman is 168 centimetres (5 ft 6 in) tall and weighs 54 kilograms (119 lb).[1] Her father is David Chapman.[2][5][6] She thought her father looked a bit embarrassing wearing the Olympic team track suit.[5]

Chapman is a sport shooter specialising in pistol shooting.[1][2] She started the sport after having fun at her father's national titles competition in 2006.[1][3][6] She is a member of the Balaklava Sports Shooting Club,[1] and has shooting scholarships with the South Australian Sports Institute and South Australia Rifle Pistol Association.[1] She was coached by her father.[4][7] Since 2008, she has also been coached by Anatoly Babushkin.[1] She was a member of the Australian shooting development squad,[1][7] which aimed to prepare her for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]

At the 2008 Youth Commonwealth Games in India, Chapman won a bronze medal.[3][8][9] That year, she competed in the Junior Women's National Championship, where she finished first in the 10m air pistol event.[3] At the 2008 Australian Cup, she finished fourth in the women's open division 10m air pistol event.[3] At the 2011 World Cup 4 in Munich, Germany, she finished 73rd in the 25m pistol event.[1] In the 10m air pistol event, she finished 118th with a score of 362.[10]