Bronte Barratt
Bronte Amelia Arnold Barratt, OAM[2][3] (born 8 February 1989) is an Australian retired competitive swimmer and Olympic gold medallist.
Career
[edit]Born in Brisbane on 8 February 1989,[1] Barratt was coached by John Rodgers at the Albany Creek Swim Club.[4] At the 2006 World Short Course Championships held in Shanghai, she won a gold medal in the women's 4×200-metre freestyle relay and an individual silver medal in the 400-metre freestyle.[5]
In 2007, she broke the oldest record in swimming for Australian women when she broke Tracey Wickham's 29-year-old record in the 400m freestyle.[6]
Barratt competed in the 2008 Olympic Games in the women's 200-metre and 400-metre freestyle events. She was also part of the women's 4×200-metre freestyle relay team, winning gold in the final, and breaking the now-previous world record by a full six seconds. She swam the second 200 metres after Stephanie Rice, and before Kylie Palmer and Linda Mackenzie. In 2009, she received the Medal of the Order of Australia "For service to sport as a gold medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games".[2]
Barratt won a bronze medal in the women's 200-metre freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and silver in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.[7]
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she was part of the Australian 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team that won gold in a new Games record, along with winning individual bronzes in the 200 and 400 m freestyle.[8]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Barratt represented Australia in both the 200m freestyle & 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, winning silver in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.[9][7]
See also
[edit]- List of Australian records in swimming
- List of Commonwealth Games records in swimming
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Bronte Barratt". fina.org. FINA. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Barratt, Bronte Amelia". It's An Honour. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ^ "Results – Monday 4 October". BBC Sport. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ^ Albany Creek Swim Club Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ "Bronte Barratt Swimming Profile". Elite Sports. Archived from the original on 22 April 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2008.
- ^ "Barratt claims Wickham's 400m record". Melbourne: The Age. 22 August 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2008.
- ^ a b "Bronte Barratt Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Bronte Barratt Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "2016 Australian Olympic Swimming Team selected". Australian Olympic Committee. 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
External links
[edit]- Bronte Barratt at World Aquatics
- Bronte Barratt at Swimrankings.net
- Bronte Barratt at Swimming Australia (archived)
- Bronte Barratt at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Bronte Barratt at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Bronte Barratt at Olympics.com
- Bronte Barratt at Olympic.org (archived)
- Bronte Barratt at Olympedia
- Bronte Barratt at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Bronte Barratt at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Bronte Barratt at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Australian female freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Australia
- Olympic gold medalists for Australia
- Olympic silver medalists for Australia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Olympic gold medalists in swimming
- Olympic silver medalists in swimming
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- World record setters in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- People educated at St Margaret's Anglican Girls' School
- 21st-century Australian sportswomen
- Swimmers from Brisbane
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Sportswomen from Queensland