Swimmers among Halberg Award finalists

Three swimmers are among the 24 finalists that have been announced as finalists for the 53^rd Halberg Awards.

The Halberg Awards are the nation’s pre-eminent event to honour and celebrate sporting excellence by New Zealand teams and athletes in 2015.

Lauren Boyle has been named as a finalist for the High Performance Sport New Zealand Sportswoman of the Year award after winning two silver medals at the FINA World Championships in the 800m and 1500m freestyle.

Other finalists in the hotly contested category include 2014 winner and world number one golfer Lydia Ko, road cycling world champion Linda Villumsen and double world champion canoeist Lisa Carrington.

Para-Swimmers Nikita Howarth and Sophie Pascoe are up for the Disabled Sportsperson of the Year award for their achievements at the IPC Swimming World Championships where Howarth won double gold, and Pascoe claimed three golds, a silver and two bronze medals.

Other finalists include Para-Shooter Michael Johnson who set a world record and won five world cup gold medals along with Para-Skiier Corey Peters who won two golds and a silver at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.

The winners will be presented at the 53^rd Halberg Awards on Thursday 18 February 2016 at Vector Arena in Auckland and televised live on SKY SPORT.

For more information on the awards visit the website.