Joselyn Brea

Joselyn Brea
Personal information
Full name	Joselyn Daniely Brea Abreu
National team	Venezuela
Born	12 August 1994 (age 30); Valencia
Sport
Sport	Duathlon, track and field
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Venezuela
Pan American Games
Women's Duathlon
World Triathlon Duathlon Championships

Last updated August 08, 2025

Joselyn Daniely Brea Abreu^[a] (born 12 August 1994) is a Spanish-Venezuelan athlete who competes in the duathlon and track and field. She won two gold medals at the Duathlon World Championships in 2021 and 2022.

Duathlon

Brea is a two-time world champion in the duathlon. In the 2021 world championships, she won the race with a time of 2:00:19. The following year, in 2022, she again won the race in a time of 1:54.30.^[1]

Track and field

Brea competed alongside her sister, Edymar, in the 5000m at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.^[2] In April 2023, Brea ran 14:47.76 in the 5000, becoming the first South American athlete in history to run break 15 minutes in the event.^[3] In July 2023, she broke the South American mile record, running 4:27.41 at the Monaco Diamond League. She finished 13th in the race. Every competitor ran a personal best, and seven national records were broken.^[4]

She set a new outdoors personal best and South American record over 5000m, running 14:36.59 at the Los Angeles Grand Prix on 17 May 2024.^[5]

Results and personal bests

Track and field personal bests

Taken from IAAF profile^[6]

Surface	Event	Time	Venue	Date	Notes
Indoor track	3000m	9:04.67	Sabadell, Spain	8 February 2022	NR
Outdoor track	1500m	4:05.78	Atlanta, US	31 May 2024
	One mile	4:27.41	Monaco	21 July 2023	AR
	3000m	8:43.26	Chorzów, Poland	16 July 2023	AR
	5000m	14:36.59	Los Angeles	17 May 2024	AR
	10,000m	34:10.63	Maia, Portugal	9 April 2016
	3000m steeplechase	10:21.93	Palencia, Spain	9 July 2016	NR
Road	10k	32:05	Valencia, Spain	15 January 2023
Road	Half marathon	1:13:25	Caracas, Venezuela	19 March 2023

Track and field championship results

Taken from IAAF profile^[6]

Year	Meet	Venue	Event	Place	Time
2016	Spanish Athletics Championships	Las Mestas Sports Complex Gijón, Spain	5000m	4th	16:13.80
2020	Spanish Athletics Championships	Estadio de Vallehermoso Madrid, Spain	5000m	OC	16:12.54
2021	Venezuelan Athletics Championships	Barinas, Venezuela	1500m	1st	4:12.92
	Venezuelan Athletics Championships	Barinas, Venezuela	5000m	1st	15:21.41
	South American Championships	Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera Guayaquil, Ecuador	1500m	1st	4:15.05
	South American Championships	Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera Guayaquil, Ecuador	5000m	3rd	15:48.24
2022	Ibero-American Championships	Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano Torrevieja, Spain		1st	16:08.83
	World Athletics Championships	Hayward Field Eugene, United States		H2 16th	15:46.75
	South American Games	Luque, Paraguay	1500m	4th	4:16.64
	South American Games	Luque, Paraguay	5000m	2nd	15:42.70
2023	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	1500m	1st	4:10.39 GR
			5000m	1st	15:10.60
			Half marathon	1st	1:15:04
	World Athletics Championships	National Athletics Centre Budapest, Hungary	5000m	H2 10th	15:11.16
	Pan American Games	Julio Martínez National Stadium, Chile	5000m	1st	16:04.12

Triathlon championship results

Taken from World Triathlon profile^[7]

Year	Race	Venue	Distance	Place	Time
2020	Spanish Triathlon National Championships	Pontevedra, Spain	Sprint	10th	1:03:22
2019	Triathlon West Asian Championships	Bahrain, Bahrain	Sprint	1st	1:05:28
2019	Spanish Triathlon National Championships	A Coruña, Spain	Olympic	6th	2:04:59
2018	ETU Triathlon European Cup	Valencia, Spain	Olympic	8th	2:01:54
2018	ETU Sprint Triathlon European Cup	Gran Canaria, Spain	Sprint	19th	1:07:00
2017	ITU Triathlon World Cup	Huelva, Spain	Olympic	16th	2:07:08
2017	ETU Triathlon European Cup and Mediterranean Championships	Altafulla, Spain	Sprint	13th	1:07:16

Duathlon championship results

Taken from World Triathlon profile^[7]

Year	Race	Venue	Distance	Place	Time
2022	World Games	Birmingham, USA	Standard	3rd	2:02:42
	World Triathlon Duathlon Championships	Târgu Mureș, Romania	Standard	1st	1:54:30
	Spanish Duathlon National Championships	Avilés, Spain	Sprint	1st	57:15
2021	World Triathlon Duathlon Championships	Avilés, Spain	Standard	1st	2:00:19
2020	ITU Triathlon World Cup	Valencia, Spain	Sprint	30th	1:03:56
	Spanish Duathlon National Championships	Soria, Spain	Sprint	4th	1:01:16
	ETU Duathlon European Championships	Punta Umbria, Spain	Sprint	3rd	1:00:01

Personal life

Brea's sister, Edymar Brea, is also a world class athlete. The two competed together in the 5000m at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.^[2]

Notes

↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Breaand the second or maternal family name is Abreu.

References

↑ "Joselyn Brea goes out in search of a new duathlon crown". Líder. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
1 2 Ramos, Diana (20 July 2022). "Women leading the Venezuelan team in Oregon". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
↑ Alayon Flores, Sairuby (7 May 2023). "Joselyn Brea makes history in California". Lidar. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
↑ "Faith Kipyegon CRUSHES Mile World Record – 4:07.64, First Woman Under 4:10!". LetsRun. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
↑ Gault, Jonathan (17 May 2024). "Selemon Barega Wins Star-Studded 5000 (12:51.60), Grant Fisher 5th, as Cooper Teare & Cole Hocker Join Sub-13:00 Club Grand Prix". Lets Run. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
1 2 "Joselyn Daniely BREA". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
1 2 "Joselyn Daniely Brea Abreu". World Triathlon. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

External links

Joselyn Brea at the World Games
Joselyn Brea at Olympics.com
Joselyn Brea at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
Joselyn Brea on Instagram

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[1] In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Breaand the second or maternal family name is Abreu.

[2] "Joselyn Brea goes out in search of a new duathlon crown". Líder. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2023.

[:2-3] 1 2 Ramos, Diana (20 July 2022). "Women leading the Venezuelan team in Oregon". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 May 2023.

[4] Alayon Flores, Sairuby (7 May 2023). "Joselyn Brea makes history in California". Lidar. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

[5] "Faith Kipyegon CRUSHES Mile World Record – 4:07.64, First Woman Under 4:10!". LetsRun. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.

[6] Gault, Jonathan (17 May 2024). "Selemon Barega Wins Star-Studded 5000 (12:51.60), Grant Fisher 5th, as Cooper Teare & Cole Hocker Join Sub-13:00 Club Grand Prix". Lets Run. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[:0-7] 1 2 "Joselyn Daniely BREA". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 May 2023.

[:1-8] 1 2 "Joselyn Daniely Brea Abreu". World Triathlon. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

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v t e Pan American Champions in women's 3000 and 5000 metres
3000m	1979: Jan Merrill (USA) 1983: Joan Benoit (USA) 1987: Mary Knisely (USA) 1991: Sabrina Dornhoefer (USA)
5000m	1995: Adriana Fernández (MEX) 1999: Adriana Fernández (MEX) 2003: Adriana Fernández (MEX) 2007: Megan Metcalfe (CAN) 2011: Marisol Romero (MEX) 2015: Juliana Paula dos Santos (BRA) 2019: Laura Galván (MEX) 2023: Joselyn Brea (VEN)

v t e Central American and Caribbean Games champions in women's 3000 metres and 5000 metres
1982 – 1993: 3000 metres 1998 – present: 5000 metres
1982: Sergia Martínez (CUB) 1986: Fabiola Rueda (COL) 1990: María del Carmen Díaz (MEX) 1993: Isabel Juárez (MEX) 1998: Nora Rocha (MEX) 2002: Dulce María Rodríguez (MEX) 2006: Bertha Sánchez (COL) 2010: Beverly Ramos (PUR) 2014: Brenda Flores (MEX) 2018: Muriel Coneo (COL)\ 2023: Joselyn Brea (VEN)