Brianna Throssell Explained

Brianna Throssell
Nationality:Australian
Strokes:Freestyle
Birth Date:10 February 1996
Birth Place:Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Height:1.75 m
Weight:61 kg
Education:The University of Notre Dame Australia[1]
Club:UWA West Coast, St Peters Western
Coach:Michael Palfrey, Dean Boxall

Brianna Throssell (born 10 February 1996)[2] is an Australian professional swimmer currently representing 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.

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. 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.[4] [5] She also won a bronze medal in the Women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay after swimming in the heats of that event.[6]

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 relay7:41.502019 World Aquatic ChampionshipsGwangju, South Korea25 July 2019Former[8]
14x200 m freestyle relay7:37.502023 World Aquatics ChampionshipsFukuoka, Japan27 July 2023Current[9]
split 1:55.60 (3rd leg); with Ariarne Titmus (1st leg), Madison Wilson (2nd leg), Emma McKeon (4th leg)
split 1:55.80 (3rd leg); with Mollie O'Callaghan (1st leg), Shayna Jack (2nd leg), Ariarne Titmus (4th leg)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alumni Magazine Issue 7 .
  2. Web site: Brianna Throssell . Rio 2016 . 6 August 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806054636/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/brianna-throssell . 6 August 2016 .
  3. Web site: Brianna Throssell. rio2016.olympics.com.au. 6 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160725125747/http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/brianna-throssell. 25 July 2016. dead.
  4. Web site: Tokyo Olympics medal tally: Australia makes gains in the swimming. 30 July 2021. 1 August 2021. ABC News.
  5. Web site: Tokyo Olympics: All the swimming finals action from the final day in the pool. Chris. Robinson. The West Australian. August 2021. 1 August 2021.
  6. Web site: Throssell, Brianna. Olympics.com. 1 August 2021. 1 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210801094020/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1482878-throssell-brianna.htm. dead.
  7. Web site: 2022-01-26. Australia Day Honours List. 2022-01-25. The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia.
  8. Web site: Women's 4x200m Freestyle Final results. Omega Timing. 25 July 2019. 18 December 2021.
  9. News: Smirnova . Lena . July 29, 2023 . World Aquatics Championships 2023: Australia women power to gold by smashing own 4x200m freestyle relay world record . Olympics.com . July 30, 2023.