Brittany MacLean (born March 3, 1994) is a

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retired competitive

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who has represented her country in the Summer Olympics and other international championships. She won a bronze medal in the women's 4 x 200 m freestyle relay at the

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Career

Brittany MacLean was first selected as a member of Canada's senior national team in 2011, when she swam at the

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in Shanghai, China. She qualified for the 4x200-metre freestyle relay team that finished 7th in the event final. Also in 2011, MacLean was qualified for the 2011 3rd

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in Lima, Peru, where she claimed 2 golds, a silver and a bronze. She claimed gold in the 400-metre and the 200-metre freestyle, silver in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay, and bronze in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay. She set and new junior world record in the 200-metre freestyle with a time of 1.58.93. She attended the

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. She then made her way to the special events and marketing team at the Toronto Blue Jays. She led a team of employees to engage with fans and manage events.

2012 Canadian Olympic Trials, Montreal, Quebec

On March 27, 2012, MacLean qualified to her first Olympic team by winning the Women's 400-metre freestyle final with a new Canadian record of 4.06.08. On the third day of the trials, she qualified for the 4x200-metre freestyle relay with her teammate Amanda Reason. Setting a new personal best of 1.58.09. All of this, Brittany wasn't happy with what she made as long as her sister, Heather was joining her on the team. Her sister Heather qualified for the team on her last event the 4x100-metre finishing 3rd with a securing spot to London.

2012 Summer Olympics, London, England

At the

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in London, MacLean swam the 400-metre freestyle heats as her first event, while breaking her Canadian record to 4.05.06 which qualified her to sixth in the final. In the final, she finished 7th with a 4.06.24. In her second event, the 4x200-metre freestyle relay, MacLean swam the anchor leg for the relay heats which qualified Canada to third for the final with her teammates

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and Amanda Reason with a time of 7.50.84. In the final, MacLean and her teammates finished fourth with a time of 7.50.65.

2016 Summer Olympics

In 2016, she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team for the

. MacLean helped the Canadian team win a bronze in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay, but had her performance in individual races hindered by illness, which also had her miss the relay qualifiers. In October, MacLean announced her retirement as she decided to finish her degree in sport management at the

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. She would later go on to say that she had always planned to leave the sport after the 2016 Olympics stating that it was no longer healthy for her mentally to keep competing along with nagging injuries and that she had wanted to leave the sport while she still loved it.

Post-swimming

Following her career as a swimmer, MacLean served as a commentator and analyst for

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coverage of swimming including the

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and the

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Personal Bests

Long course (50 m pool)

Honours

In 2012 MacLean was awarded the

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