Brianna Throssell
Brianna Throssell OAM (born 10 February 1996)[2] is a former Australian professional swimmer who previously represented DC Trident at the International Swimming League.
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
[edit]Long course metres
[edit]| No. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Status | Ref |
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| 1 | 4x200 m freestyle relay[a] | 7:41.50 | 2019 World Aquatic Championships | Gwangju, South Korea | 25 July 2019 | Former | [8] |
| 2 | 4x200 m freestyle relay[b] | 7:37.50 | 2023 World Aquatics Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 27 July 2023 | Current | [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
[edit]Long course metres
[edit]| No. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Status | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4x200 m freestyle relay[a] | 7:38.08 | 2024 Summer Olympics | Paris, France | 1 August 2024 | Current | [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
Records not set in finals: h – heat;
a split 1:56.00 (3rd leg) with Mollie O'Callaghan (1st leg), Lani Pallister (2nd leg), Ariarne Titmus (4th leg)
References
[edit]- ^ "Alumni Magazine Issue 7".
- ^ "Brianna Throssell". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Brianna Throssell". rio2016.olympics.com.au. Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Throssell, Brianna". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo Olympics medal tally: Australia makes gains in the swimming". ABC News. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Australia Day Honours List" (PDF). The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Women's 4x200m Freestyle Final results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "2024 Paris Olympics Ariarne Titmus splits 1:52.95 on Australian anchor day 6 relay analysis". SwimSwam. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brianna Throssell.
- Brianna Throssell at World Aquatics
- Brianna Throssell at Swimming Australia
- Brianna Throssell at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Brianna Throssell at Olympedia
- Brianna Throssell at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Brianna Throssell at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)
- Brianna Throssell at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Brianna Throssell on Instagram
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