Bronte Campbell (born 14 May 1994) is a Malawian-born Australian competitive

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. 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

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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,

, two younger sisters and a younger brother, Jessica, Abigail and Hamish. Hamish has severe

cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, spasticity, stiff muscles, Paresis, weak muscles, and tremors. There may b ...

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

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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

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. In 2011, she won gold in the same event at the

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in Lima, Peru.

2012

Campbell competed in the women's 50 meter freestyle at the

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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 The 15th FINA World Championships (, ) were held from 20 July to 4 August in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.Emma McKeon Emma Jennifer McKeon, (born 24 May 1994) is a retired Australian competitive swimmer. She is an eight-time world record holder, three current and five former, in relays. Her total career haul of 14 Olympic medals following the 2024 Olympic Gam ...

and

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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

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, she won two silver medals, one in the 50 metre freestyle event (timing 23.62) behind

Ranomi Kromowidjojo Ranomi Kromowidjojo (; born 20 August 1990) is a retired Dutch swimmer of mixed Dutch-Javanese Surinamese origin who mainly specialises in sprint freestyle events. She is a triple Olympic champion, winning the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m fre ...

, 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 Frederike Johanna Maria "Femke" Heemskerk (; born 21 September 1987) is a former Dutch competitive Swimming (sport), swimmerSarah Sjöström Sarah Fredrika Sjöström (; born 17 August 1993) is a Swedish competitive Swimming (sport), swimmer specialising in the sprint Freestyle swimming, freestyle and Butterfly stroke, butterfly events and one of the most decorated swimmers of all ti ...

2015

At the 2015 World Championships in

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, she won three gold medals and one bronze. She finished first in the 100 metre freestyle event (in 52.52), beating

Sarah Sjöström Sarah Fredrika Sjöström (; born 17 August 1993) is a Swedish competitive Swimming (sport), swimmer specialising in the sprint Freestyle swimming, freestyle and Butterfly stroke, butterfly events and one of the most decorated swimmers of all ti ...

and

Cate Campbell Cate Natalie Campbell, (born 20 May 1992) is a Malawian-born Australian former competitive swimmer. She is the current world record holder in the short course 100 m freestyle. She is also a former world record holder in the long course 1 ...

, and the 50 metre freestyle event (in 24.12), beating

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

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, 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 Ian James Thorpe (born 13 October 1982) is an Australian retired swimmer who specialised in freestyle swimming, freestyle, but also competed in backstroke and the medley swimming, individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the se ...

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, 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 ''

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''.

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 successfully 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

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, , 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

World records

Long course metres

split 53.15 (1st leg); with

Melanie Schlanger Melanie Renée Schlanger, OAM (born 31 August 1986), also known by her married name Melanie Wright, is an Australian freestyle swimmer. Melanie first represented Australia at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and her career spanned ...

(2nd leg),

Emma McKeon Emma Jennifer McKeon, (born 24 May 1994) is a retired Australian competitive swimmer. She is an eight-time world record holder, three current and five former, in relays. Her total career haul of 14 Olympic medals following the 2024 Olympic Gam ...

(3rd leg),

(4th leg)
split 52.15 (3rd leg); with Emma McKeon (1st leg),

Brittany Elmslie Brittany Joyce Elmslie, (born 19 June 1994) is a former Australian competitive swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics in swimming, and won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at both Games. Personal ...

(2nd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)
split 52.99 (2nd leg); with

Shayna Jack Shayna Louise Jack (born 6 November 1998) is an Australian swimmer. She won gold medals in Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay and Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics. From 2019 to 2021, Jack served a 24-mont ...

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

Meg Harris Meg Harris, (born 7 March 2002) is an Australian swimmer. She is a world record holder in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay and a bronze m ...

(2nd leg), Emma McKeon (3rd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)

Short course metres

split 24.03 (3rd leg); with Tomaso D'Orsogna (1st leg), Regan Leong (2nd leg),

(4th leg)
split 23.44 (4th leg); with Tomaso D'Orsogna (1st leg),

Travis Mahoney Travis Mahoney (born 24 July 1990) is an Australian medley and backstroke swimmer. Winner of two relay medals at the 2012 World Short Course Championships, he is also part of the quartet that broke the world record in the short course mixed 4 ...

(2nd leg), Cate Campbell (3rd leg)

Olympic records

Long course metres

split 53.26 (3rd leg); with

Madison Wilson Madison Maree Short, (née Wilson; born 31 May 1994) is a former Australian competitive swimmer who has participated in backstroke and freestyle events at the Olympic Games and the FINA world championships. Wilson has been a member of six wor ...

(1st leg ),

(2nd leg),

(4th leg)
split 52.15 (3rd leg); with

(1st leg), Brittany Elmslie (2nd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)
split 53.01 (1st leg); with

(2nd leg), Emma McKeon (3rd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)

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Early life

Career

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2018

2021

2022

2024

Personal life

Results in major championships

World records

Long course metres

Short course metres

Olympic records

Long course metres

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