Brittany Joyce Elmslie, (born 19 June 1994) is a former 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 ...

. She represented

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at the

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and

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in swimming, and won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at both Games.

Personal life

Elmslie was born in

Nambour, Queensland Nambour is a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Nambour had a population of 11,187 people. Geography Nambour is north of the state capital, Brisbane. The town lies in the sub ...

. She was named a 2011–2012 YoungStar Sport Award winner for the Northside Chronicle. , she lives in

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, having moved there from

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, where she attended Good Shepherd Lutheran College, in 2011 in order to improve her chances of making the Olympics. Elmslie is tall and weighs . Elmslie initially studied Business at

Griffith University Griffith University is a public research university in South East Queensland on the east coast of Australia. Formally founded in 1971, Griffith opened its doors in 1975, introducing Australia's first degrees in environmental science and Asian s ...

, majoring in Events and Sports Management. She subsequently changed her academic major to Media and Communications at

Flinders University Flinders University is a public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia, with a footprint extending across 11 locations in South Australia and the Northern Territory. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of British navigator ...

. On June 2, 2020, Elmslie attributed her retirement from competitive swimming, to her own self-reflection after she did not qualify for the

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, and self-realisation at the finals of the 2019 Australian Swimming Championships in Adelaide, that she was keen on moving on from competitive swimming. Elmslie is currently mentoring young, aspiring athletes, promoting self-evaluation and sharing thought processes of elite athletes, through swimming programs, one-on-one coaching and technique efficiency coaching, conducted by her own business – Golden Perspective.

Swimming

Elmslie is a swimmer. , 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 . Her training partners included

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. 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

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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

, Elmslie represented the gold medal-winning Australia team (with

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, Alicia Coutts and

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in the final) of the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, where the team set a then-Olympic Record of 3:33.15. Elmslie also won two silvers, as part of the Australian teams in the competitive heats of both the 4 × 100 metre medley relay and the

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. 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 The 15th FINA World Championships ( ca, Campionat Mundial de Natació de 2013, es, Campeonato Mundial de Natación de 2013) were held from 20 July to 4 August in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.Bronte Campbell Bronte Campbell (born 14 May 1994) is a Malawian-born Australian competitive swimmer, a dual Olympic gold-medal winner and world champion. Her older sister, Cate, is also a competitive swimmer, and once held world records in both the short an ...

Emma McKeon Emma Jennifer McKeon, (born 24 May 1994) is an Australian competitive swimmer. She is a four-time world record holder, one current and three former, in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay. Her total career haul of 11 Olympic medals following the ...

and

in the heats of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, finishing second in their heat and overall. In the final sisters

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and

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and Alicia Coutts won the silver medal, finishing 0.12 of a second behind the United States team. At the

, Elmslie represented the gold medal-winning Australia team (with sisters

and

in the final, along with

Madison Wilson Madison Maree Wilson, (born 31 May 1994) is an 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 three world record Austr ...

in the heats) of the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay. In the final of the event, the Australian team set a then 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay World Record time of 3:30.65. Elmslie also won silver as part of the Australian team in the competitive heats of the 4 × 100 metre medley relay. Elmslie did not qualify for the

. On April 23, 2019, Elmslie announced her retirement from competitive swimming, on her personal Instagram page, at the age of 24.

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Elmslie, Brittany 1994 births Living people Australian female butterfly swimmers Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Australian female freestyle swimmers Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic swimmers of Australia Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Sportswomen from Queensland Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics World record holders in swimming Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists in swimming Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) People educated at St Margaret's Anglican Girls' School 21st-century Australian women

Personal life

Swimming

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