Full name Brittany Joyce Elmslie Name Brittany Elmslie Role Swimmer | Height 1.79 m Club Nudgee Brothers SC Weight 73 kg | |
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Nickname(s) "Brit", "Britty", "Bidz" Born 19 June 1994 (age 29) ( 1994-06-19 ) Nambour, Queensland Similar People Profiles | ||
A day in the life of brittany elmslie
Brittany Joyce Elmslie, (born 19 June 1994) is an Australian swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in swimming.
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Who is brittany elmslie
Personal life
Elmslie was born in Nambour, Queensland. She was named a 2011-2012 YoungStar Sport Award winner for the Northside Chronicle. As of 2012, she lives in Brisbane, having moved there from Noosa in 2011 in order to improve her chances of making the Olympics.
Elmslie is 179 centimetres (5 ft 10 in) tall and weighs 73 kilograms (161 lb).
Swimming
Elmslie is a swimmer. As of 13 September 2016, her best time in the 100-metre freestyle is 53.54 seconds and was set at the 2016 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships. Her best time in the 50-metre freestyle is 24.74 seconds, set at the 2016 Swimming Australia Grand Prix. Her best time in the 200-metre freestyle is 1:56.79, set at the 2014 McDonald's Queensland Championships. Her best time in the 100-metre butterfly is 57.97 seconds set at the 2015 Australian Swimming Championships. She is a member of Brisbane Grammar School Swimming Club.
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.
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. At the 2012 Australian National Championships, she set a time of 1 minute 57.24 seconds in the 200-metre freestyle. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 4×200-metre freestyle swimming team event in her first Olympics. Going into the games, her team was considered a medal favourite. She was set to compete in the Olympics as a teenager.
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. 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.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Elmslie will represent Australia in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.