Bronte Campbell

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Australian swimmer (born 1994)

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nameBronte Campbell
imageBronte Campbell.jpg
image_size240
captionCampbell in 2014
national_team
strokesFreestyle
clubCommercial SC
coachSimon Cusack
birth_date
birth_placeBlantyre, Malawi
height179 cm
weight58 kg
totalyes
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Bronte Campbell (born 14 May 1994) is an Australian competitive swimmer. A four time Olympian, Campbell is a triple Olympic gold medallist and a former World Champion in the 50 and 100 m freestyle, having won both titles in 2015.

Her older sister Cate is also a competitive swimmer, and in 2012, the two became the first Australian siblings on the same Olympic swimming team since 1972. They are the first Australian sisters to ever compete within the same swimming event, also having claimed gold together in the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay in 2016 and 2021.

Early life

Campbell is the second of five children born to Eric (an accountant) and Jenny (a nurse) Campbell. She has an older sister, Cate, two younger sisters and a younger brother, Jessica, Abigail and Hamish. Hamish has severe cerebral palsy and requires around-the-clock care. She shares a birthday with Hamish, with Hamish being four years younger. Jenny used to be a synchronised swimmer and taught her four daughters to swim.

Career

Campbell's family moved from Malawi to Australia in 2001 and she and Cate joined the Indooroopilly Swimming Club in Brisbane that same year. Their coach at Commercial, Simon Cusack, continues to coach both sisters.

In 2009, Campbell won gold in the 50 metre freestyle at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival. In 2011, she won gold in the same event at the 2011 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Lima, Peru.

2012

Campbell competed in the women's 50 meter freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She and her sister Cate swam in the same heat, finishing second and third and qualifying for the semi-final in ninth and tenth place, respectively.

2013

At the 2013 Australian Swimming Championships she won silver in the 50 and 100 metre freestyle events finishing behind sister Cate in both and qualified for the 2013 World Aquatics Championships. At the World Championships, she teamed up with Cate, Emma McKeon and Alicia Coutts in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay where they won the silver medal, finishing 0.12 of a second behind the United States.

2014

Competing at the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Doha, she won two silver medals, one in the 50 metre freestyle event (timing 23.62) behind Ranomi Kromowidjojo, and the other in the 4 × 100 metre medley relay behind the Danish team. She finished fourth (timing 51.65) in the finals of the 100-metre freestyle event, behind Femke Heemskerk, Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Sarah Sjöström.

2015

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At the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, she won three gold medals and one bronze. She finished first in the 100 metre freestyle event (in 52.52), beating Sarah Sjöström and Cate Campbell, and the 50 metre freestyle event (in 24.12), beating Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Sarah Sjöström.

She also won gold in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, beating the Dutch and US teams by a comfortable lead, and a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metre medley relay behind the Chinese and Swedish teams.

2016

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Campbell represented Australia in both the 50 m and 100 m freestyle, as well as the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay (in which they came first and set a new world record). Despite being the reigning world champion in the 50m and 100m freestyle, she did not win a medal in these events, finishing 7th and 4th, respectively, in the finals.

2018

At the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Campbell won gold in the 4x100m freestyle, silver in the 50m freestyle, gold in the 100m freestyle, and gold in the 4x100m medley relay.

2021

Campbell starred in Head Above Water, a documentary series focusing on 4 Australian swimmers: Ian Thorpe, Kyle Chalmers, Cody Simpson, and Campbell herself. Campbell qualified for her third Olympics in Tokyo. She won gold in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay and bronze in the 4x100m mixed medley relay.

2022

In May 2022, Campbell appeared as a contestant on the sixth season of The Celebrity Apprentice Australia.

2024

After an 18 month break from swimming following the Tokyo Games, Campbell returned to the pool under new coach Shannon Rollason in Canberra. In June 2024, she qualified for her 4th Olympic Games in Paris in the Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle relay team, which went on to win gold in Paris. Campbell become only the 5th Australian swimmer to compete at four Olympics.

Personal life

Campbell has completed her Business Degree at QUT Queensland University of Technology, , majoring in Public Relations. She has also launched a start-up sustainable activewear business Earthletica, which aims to create high quality activewear that is good for the planet.

She is also a poet, writing poems and reading them out to the swim team before a competition to give them motivation.

Results in major championships

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Meet50 freestyle100 freestyle4×100 free4×200 free4×100 medley4×100 Mixed free4×100 Mixed medley
OG 201210th
WC 20135th11th
CG 2014
PP 2014
SCW 20144th
WC 2015
OG 20167th4th
WC 20176th7th
CG 2018
WC 20198th
OG 2021
OG 2024
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World records

Long course metres

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No.EventTimeMeetLocationDateStatusRef
14x100 m freestyle relay3:30.982014 Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, Scotland24 July 2014Former
24x100 m freestyle relay (2)3:30.652016 Summer OlympicsRio de Janeiro, Brazil6 August 2016Former
34x100 m freestyle relay (3)3:30.052018 Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Queensland5 April 2018Former
44x100 m freestyle relay (4)3:29.692020 Summer OlympicsTokyo, Japan25 July 2021Former
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split 53.15 (1st leg); with Melanie Schlanger (2nd leg), Emma McKeon (3rd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)

split 52.15 (3rd leg); with Emma McKeon (1st leg), Brittany Elmslie (2nd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)

split 52.99 (2nd leg); with Shayna Jack (1st leg), Emma McKeon (3rd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)

split 53.01 (1st leg); with Meg Harris (2nd leg), Emma McKeon (3rd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)

Short course metres

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No.EventTimeMeetLocationDateStatusRef
14x50 m mixed freestyle relay1:31.13h2013 FINA World CupTokyo, Japan10 November 2013Former
24x50 m mixed freestyle relay (2)1:29.612013 FINA World CupTokyo, Japan10 November 2013Former
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split 24.03 (3rd leg); with Tomaso D'Orsogna (1st leg), Regan Leong (2nd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)

split 23.44 (4th leg); with Tomaso D'Orsogna (1st leg), Travis Mahoney (2nd leg), Cate Campbell (3rd leg)

Olympic records

Long course metres

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No.EventTimeMeetLocationDateStatusNotesRef
14x100 m freestyle relay3:32.39h2016 Summer OlympicsRio de Janeiro, Brazil6 August 2016Former
24x100 m freestyle relay3:30.652016 Summer OlympicsRio de Janeiro, Brazil6 August 2016FormerFormer WR, OC, NR
34x100 m freestyle relay3:29.692020 Summer OlympicsTokyo, Japan25 July 2021FormerFormer WR, OC, NR
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split 53.26 (3rd leg); with Madison Wilson (1st leg ), Brittany Elmslie (2nd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)

split 52.15 (3rd leg); with Emma McKeon (1st leg), Brittany Elmslie (2nd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)

split 53.01 (1st leg); with Meg Harris (2nd leg), Emma McKeon (3rd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)

References

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