Bronte Amelia Arnold Barratt,
(born 8 February 1989) is an Australian retired competitive
swimmer
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and Olympic gold medallist.
Career
Born in
Brisbane
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on 8 February 1989,
Barratt was coached by John Rodgers at the Albany Creek Swim Club. At the 2006 World Short Course Championships held in Shanghai, she won a gold medal in the women's 4×200-metre freestyle relay and an individual silver medal in the 400-metre freestyle.
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In 2007, she broke the oldest record in swimming for Australian women when she broke
Tracey Wickham's 29-year-old record in the 400m freestyle.
Barratt competed in the
2008 Olympic Games
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fr ...
in the women's 200-metre and 400-metre freestyle events. She was also part of the women's 4×200-metre freestyle relay team, winning gold in the final, and breaking the now-previous world record by a full six seconds. She swam the second 200 metres after
Stephanie Rice, and before
Kylie Palmer and
Linda Mackenzie. In 2009, she received the Medal of the
Order of Australia
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"For service to sport as a gold medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games".
Barratt won a bronze medal in the women's 200-metre freestyle at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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in London, and silver in the freestyle relay.
At the
2014 Commonwealth Games
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, she was part of the Australian freestyle relay team that won gold in a new Games record, along with winning individual bronzes in the 200 and 400 m freestyle.
At the
2016 Summer Olympics
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, Barratt represented Australia in both the 200m freestyle & 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, winning silver in the freestyle relay.
See also
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List of Australian records in swimming
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List of Commonwealth Games records in swimming
Below is a complete list of the Commonwealth Games records in swimming, ratified by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). Competition is held in long course (50 m) pools.
This is not to be confused with Commonwealth records, which are r ...
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List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming.
Women's events
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
1500 metre freestyle
100 metre backstroke
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List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
This is a list of women's Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (sport), swimming from 1930 to 2022.
Current program
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
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References
External links
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Bronte Barrattat
Swimming Australia
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1989 births
Living people
Australian female freestyle swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Australia
Olympic gold medalists for Australia
Olympic silver medalists for Australia
Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
Olympic gold medalists in swimming
Olympic silver medalists in swimming
Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming
Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
World record setters in swimming
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
People educated at St Margaret's Anglican Girls' School
21st-century Australian sportswomen
Swimmers from Brisbane
Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Sportswomen from Queensland