Brittany Elmslie

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Brittany Elmslie
Personal information
Full name Brittany Joyce Elmslie
Nickname(s) "Brit", "Britty", "Bidz"
National team  Australia
Born (1994-06-19) 19 June 1994 (age 30)
Nambour, Queensland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, butterfly, medley
Club Brisbane Grammar School
Coach David Lush

Brittany Joyce Elmslie, OAM [1] (born 19 June 1994) is an Australian swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in swimming.

Personal life

Elmslie was born in Nambour, Queensland. She was named a 2011-2012 YoungStar Sport Award winner for the Northside Chronicle.[2] As of 2012, she lives in Brisbane,[3] having moved there from Noosa in 2011 in order to improve her chances of making the Olympics.[4]

Elmslie is 179 centimetres (5 ft 10 in) tall and weighs 73 kilograms (161 lb).[5][6]

Swimming

Elmslie is a swimmer.[5] As of 1 July 2012, her best time in the 100-metre freestyle of 54.02 seconds was set at the 2012 New South Wales State Championships.[7] Her best time in the 50-metre freestyle was 25.34 set at the 2010 Australian Age Championships. Her best time in the 200-metre freestyle was 1:59.47 set at the 2011 Queensland Championships. Her best time in the 100-metre butterfly was 1:00.41 set at the 2011 Queensland Championships. She is a member of Nudgee Brothers Swimming Club Inc.

At the Guam hosted 2009 Junior Pan Pacific, Elmslie finished first in the 50-metre freestyle and fourth in the 100-metre freestyle. At the 2010 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships, she made the finals in the 50-metre freestyle. At the Hawaii hosted 2010 Junior Pan Pacific, she finished third in the 4×100-metre freestyle and fifth in the 50-metre freestyle.[6]

In 2011, after moving to Brisbane to join other swimmers coached by Matt Brown, Elmslie increased her training regime and lost 6 kilograms (13 lb). Her training partners included Emily Seebohm.[4] At the 2012 Australian National Championships, she set a time of 1 minute 57.24 seconds in the 200-metre individual medley.[8] She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 4×200-metre freestyle swimming team event[3][5][9][10] in her first Olympics.[8][11] Going into the games, her team was considered a medal favourite.[7] She was set to compete in the Olympics as a teenager.[12]

At the 2013 Australian Swimming Championships she won silver in the 100-metre butterfly and bronze 50-metre freestyle events, qualifying for the 2013 World Aquatics Championships. At the World Championships, she teamed up with Bronte Campbell, Emma McKeon and Emily Seebohm in the heats of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, finishing second in their heat and overall.[13] In the final sisters Cate and Bronte Campbell, Emma McKeon and Alicia Coutts won the silver medal, finishing 0.12 of a second behind the United States team.[14]

See also

References

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