Brianna Throssell

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Brianna Throssell OAM
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1996-02-10) 10 February 1996 (age 29)
Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia[ citation needed ]
Education The University of Notre Dame Australia [1]
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
ClubUWA West Coast, St Peters Western
CoachMichael Palfrey, Dean Boxall
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 202
World Championships (LC) 693
World Championships (SC) 021
Commonwealth Games 103
Total9119
Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2020 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2020 Tokyo 4×100 m mixed medley
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Gwangju 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Gwangju 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Fukuoka 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Doha 4×100 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 Gwangju 4×100 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 Gwangju 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Budapest 4×100 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Budapest 4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2024 Doha 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2024 Doha 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2024 Doha 4×100 m mixed medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Budapest 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2024 Doha 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2024 Doha 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Istanbul 4x100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2012 Istanbul 4x100 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Doha 4x200 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast 4x200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2018 Gold Coast 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Birmingham 200 m butterfly
Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Auckland 50 m butterfly
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014 Auckland100 m butterfly
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014 Auckland4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2014 Auckland50 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2014 Auckland4×50 m mixed medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2014 Auckland4×100 m mixed medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2014 Auckland4×100 m medley
Summer Youth Olympics
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Nanjing 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2014 Nanjing 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2014 Nanjing 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2014 Nanjing 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2014 Nanjing 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2014 Nanjing 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2014 Nanjing 4×100 m mixed medley
Junior Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Honolulu 200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2012 Honolulu100 m butterfly
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2012 Honolulu4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2012 Honolulu4×200 m freestyle

Brianna Throssell OAM (born 10 February 1996) [2] is a former Australian professional swimmer who previously represented DC Trident at the International Swimming League.

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Throssell competed in the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, where she won seven bronze medals. [3] She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where she finished third in the semi-finals with a time of 2:07:19 behind Zhou Yilin and Zhang Yufei. She qualified for the final and finished last with a time of 2:07:87.[ citation needed ]

Throssell again represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo in 2021, where she swam in the 100m and 200m butterfly events, coming in 8th place in the final of the 200m event. [4] She won a gold medal in the Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay and a bronze medal in the Mixed 4 x 100 metre medley relay after swimming the butterfly leg in the heats for both events. [5] [6] She also won a bronze medal in the Women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay after swimming in the heats of that event. [4]

In the 2022 Australia Day Honours Throssell was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia. [7]

World records

Long course metres

No.EventTimeMeetLocationDateStatusRef
14x200 m freestyle relay [a] 7:41.50 2019 World Aquatic Championships Gwangju, South Korea 25 July 2019Former [8]
24x200 m freestyle relay [b] 7:37.50 2023 World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka, Japan 27 July 2023Current [9]

a split 1:55.60 (3rd leg); with Ariarne Titmus (1st leg), Madison Wilson (2nd leg), Emma McKeon (4th leg)
b split 1:55.80 (3rd leg); with Mollie O'Callaghan (1st leg), Shayna Jack (2nd leg), Ariarne Titmus (4th leg)

Olympic records

Long course metres

No.EventTimeMeetLocationDateStatusNotesRef
14x200 m freestyle relay [a] 7:38.08 2024 Summer Olympics Paris, France 1 August 2024Current [10]
Legend: WR – World record;OC – Oceanian record;NR – Australian record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat;sf – semifinal;r – relay 1st leg;rh – relay heat 1st leg;b – B final;† – en route to final mark;tt – time trial

a split 1:56.00 (3rd leg) with Mollie O'Callaghan (1st leg), Lani Pallister (2nd leg), Ariarne Titmus (4th leg)

References

  1. ↑ "Alumni Magazine Issue 7".
  2. ↑ "Brianna Throssell". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Brianna Throssell". rio2016.olympics.com.au. Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Throssell, Brianna". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Tokyo Olympics medal tally: Australia makes gains in the swimming". ABC News. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  6. ↑ Robinson, Chris (August 2021). "Tokyo Olympics: All the swimming finals action from the final day in the pool". The West Australian. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Australia Day Honours List" (PDF). The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Women's 4x200m Freestyle Final results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  9. ↑ Smirnova, Lena (29 July 2023). "World Aquatics Championships 2023: Australia women power to gold by smashing own 4x200m freestyle relay world record". Olympics.com. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "2024 Paris Olympics Ariarne Titmus splits 1:52.95 on Australian anchor day 6 relay analysis". SwimSwam. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
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