Brittany MacLean
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| Full name | Brittany MacLean | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 3, 1994 Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Etobicoke Swim Club[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brittany MacLean (born March 3, 1994) is a Canadian retired competitive swimmer who has represented her country in the Summer Olympics and other international championships.[2] She won a bronze medal in the women's 4 x 200 m freestyle relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Career[edit]
Brittany MacLean was first selected as a member of Canada's senior national team in 2011, when she swam at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships 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 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 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 Silverthorn Collegiate Institute in Toronto.
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[edit]
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[edit]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics 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 Barbara Jardin, Samantha Cheverton 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[edit]
In 2016, she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3] 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 University of Georgia.[4] 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.[5]
Post-swimming[edit]
Following her career as a swimmer, MacLean served as a commentator and analyst for CBC Sports coverage of swimming including the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2023 World Aquatics Championships.[6]
Personal Bests[edit]
Long course (50 m pool)[edit]
| Event | Time[7] | Venue | Date | Notes |
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| 200 m freestyle | 1:56.96 | 2016 Canadian Olympic Trials, Toronto | 7 April 2016 | NR |
| 400 m freestyle | 4:03.84 | 2016 Canadian Olympic Trials, Toronto | 5 April 2016 | NR |
| 800 m freestyle | 8:20.02 | 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Gold Coast | 21 August 2014 | NR |
| 1500 m freestyle | 15:57.15 | 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Gold Coast | 21 August 2014 | NR |
Honours[edit]
In 2012 MacLean was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.[8]
See also[edit]
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
- List of University of Georgia people
References[edit]
- ^ "Brittany MacLean profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- ^ "Brittany Maclean - Swimming - Olympic Athlete | London 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
- ^ "Olympic Team Nominated for Rio 2016". Swimming Canada. Swimming Canada. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "Canadian Brittany MacLean retires from swimming | CBC Sports". CBC News. 2016-10-25. Archived from the original on 2017-03-01.
- ^ Brittany MacLean (July 19, 2017). "Brittany MacLean: My Olympic dream came true yet I still felt worthless". CBC News. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- ^ "CBC Sports to Provide Extensive Coverage of the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, July 14-30". CBC Sports. July 13, 2023.
- ^ "Penelope Oleksiak". Swimming Canada. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
- ^ "Olympic and Paralympic athletes to receive Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal". Official Canadian Olympic Team Website | Team Canada | 2016 Olympic Games. 19 December 2012. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
External links[edit]
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Canadian female freestyle swimmers
- Georgia Bulldogs women's swimmers
- Canadian expatriate swimmers in the United States
- University of Georgia alumni
- Olympic swimmers for Canada
- Sportspeople from Etobicoke
- Swimmers from Toronto
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Pan American Games medalists in swimming
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games