Brittany O'Brien

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Brittany O'Brien
Personal information
Full nameBrittany Mae O'Brien
NicknameBritt
Born (1998-05-27) 27 May 1998 (age 25)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Education Pymble Ladies College/Macquarie University
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in) (2016)
Weight55 kg (121 lb) (2016)
Sport
Sport Diving
EventWomen's 10m Platform Diver
TeamNSWIS
Medal record
Women's diving
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham 1 m springboard
Universiade
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Taipei 10 m synchro

Brittany Mae [1] O'Brien (born 27 May 1998) is an Australian diver. She competed at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. [2] She attended Pymble Ladies' College [3] and graduated in 2016. She also owns a Jewellery Brand called Draco Jewellery which she launched in 2020.

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Career

O'Brien is a 10m platform diver. She currently trains at Sydney Olympic Aquatic Centre. Brittany was unable to qualify for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics after placing third in the 10m platform event at the Australian Diving Championships. Brittany unexpectedly received a late call up on 30 July 2016 to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics after Brittany Broben was forced to pull out of the event due to a shoulder injury. The result for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games had Brittany qualify for the semi-finals of the women's 10m platform and come overall 15th in the event. [4] [5]

She competed at the Commonwealth Games in 2018 where she came 7th in the women's 10 metre platform event [6] and in 2022 where she won a silver medal in the women's 1 metre springboard, [7] came 5th in the women's synchronised 3 metre springboard event alongside Esther Qin and came 9th in the women's 3 metre springboard event. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Brittany Mae O'BRIEN". results.birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  2. "Brittany O'Brien called up to Rio in her sleep". ABC News. 30 July 2016.
  3. "Brittany O'Brien". Vimeo. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  4. "Australian Olympic Committee: Diving". corporate.olympics.com.au. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  5. "Rio 2016 10m platform women - Olympic Diving". International Olympic Committee. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  6. "Brittany O'Brien Results | Commonwealth Games Australia". commonwealthgames.com.au. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  7. "Women's 1m Springboard". results.birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 3 November 2022.