Brittany MacLean (born March 3, 1994) is a
Canadian
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retired competitive
swimmer
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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
2016 Summer Olympics
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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
2011 World Aquatics Championships
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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
FINA World Junior Swimming Championships
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FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as Worl ...
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
Silverthorn Collegiate Institute (SCI, Silverthorn) is a public high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the neighbourhood of Markland Wood in the former suburb of Etobicoke. It is under the sanction of the Toronto District Scho ...
in
Toronto
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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
Amanda Reason (born August 22, 1993) is a Canadian breaststroke swimmer and a former world-record holder in the 50-metre breaststroke (long course).
Career
On July 8, 2009, Reason burst onto the international scene when she posted a 30.23 worl ...
. 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
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
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
Barbara Jardin (born October 22, 1991) is a Canadian competitive swimmer, who lives in Montreal. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she finished 6th overall in the heats in the women's 200-metre freestyle, and narrowly missed qualifying for ...
,
Samantha Cheverton
Samantha Cheverton (born August 11, 1988) is a Canadian competitive swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she competed for the national team in the women's 4x200-metre freestyle relay, finishing in 4th place in the final. She was also ...
and
Amanda Reason
Amanda Reason (born August 22, 1993) is a Canadian breaststroke swimmer and a former world-record holder in the 50-metre breaststroke (long course).
Career
On July 8, 2009, Reason burst onto the international scene when she posted a 30.23 worl ...
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
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
. 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
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, establ ...
. 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
CBC Sports
CBC Sports is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for English-language sports broadcasting. The CBC's sports programming primarily airs on CBC Television, CBCSports.ca, and CBC Radio One. (The CBC's French-languag ...
coverage of swimming including the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
and the
2023 World Aquatics Championships.
Personal Bests
Long course (50 m pool)
Honours
In 2012 MacLean was awarded the
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (french: Médaille du jubilé de diamant de la reine Elizabeth II) or The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal was a commemorative medal created in 2012 to mark the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's ...
.
See also
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List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming.
Current program
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
1500 metre freestyle
100 metre backstroke
20 ...
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List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
This is a list of women's Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming from 1930 to 2022.
Current program
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
50 metre backstroke
100 metre ...
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List of University of Georgia people
This list of University of Georgia people includes alumni, affiliates and current students of the University of Georgia. Honorary degree recipients are not included.
Chief executives and presidents of the University of Georgia
Alumni
Arts, ...
References
External links
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1994 births
Living people
Canadian female freestyle swimmers
Georgia Bulldogs women's swimmers
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
Universiade medalists in swimming
Universiade bronze medalists for Canada
Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games