Bronte Campbell OAM (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 and long course 100 metre individual freestyle events. Bronte and Cate are the first Australian siblings on the same Olympic swimming team since the 1972 Olympics and the first Australian sisters ever to compete within the same swimming event at the Olympics.[2][3] Bronte Campbell won three gold medals at the 2015 World Championships, including the 50 and 100 metre freestyle events.
Early life edit
Campbell is the second of five children born to Eric (an accountant) and Jenny (a nurse) Campbell. She has an older sister, Cate, two younger sisters and a younger brother, Jessica, Abigail and Hamish. Hamish has severe cerebral palsy and requires around-the-clock care.[4] She shares a birthday with Hamish, with Hamish being four years younger.[5] Jenny used to be a synchronised swimmer and taught her four daughters to swim.[6]
Career edit
Campbell's family moved from Malawi 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 Australian Youth Olympic Festival. In 2011, she won gold in the same event at the 2011 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Lima, Peru.
2012 edit
Campbell competed in the women's 50 meter freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics 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.[7]
2013 edit
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. At the World Championships, she teamed up with Cate, Emma McKeon and Alicia Coutts in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay where they won the silver medal, finishing 0.12 of a second behind the United States.[8]
2014 edit
Competing at the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Doha, she won two silver medals, one in the 50 metre freestyle event (timing 23.62) behind Ranomi Kromowidjojo, 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, Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Sarah Sjöström.[9]
2015 edit
At the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, she won three gold medals and one bronze. She finished first in the 100 metre freestyle event (in 52.52), beating Sarah Sjöström and Cate Campbell,[10] and the 50 metre freestyle event (in 24.12), beating Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Sarah Sjöström.
She also won gold in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, beating the Dutch and US teams by a comfortable lead,[11] and a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metre medley relay behind the Chinese and Swedish teams.[12]
2016 edit
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, 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).[13] Despite being the reigning world champion in the 50 and 100 m freestyle, she did not win a medal in these events.
2018 edit
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.[14]
2021 edit
Campbell starred in Head Above Water, a documentary series focusing on 4 Australian swimmers: Ian Thorpe, Kyle Chalmers, Cody Simpson, and Campbell herself.[15] 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.[16]
2022 edit
In May 2022, Campbell appeared as a contestant on the sixth season of The Celebrity Apprentice Australia.[17]
Personal life edit
Campbell is a student at Queensland University of Technology, where she is studying Business,[18] majoring in Public Relations.[19]
Until December 2016, Campbell lived with her sister, Cate. As of 2017, they are no longer housemates, and she currently resides in Coorparoo.[20]
She is also a poet, writing poems and reading them out to the swim team before a competition to give them motivation.[21][22]
Results in major championships edit
| Meet | 50 freestyle | 100 freestyle | 4×100 free | 4×200 free | 4×100 medley | 4×100 Mixed free | 4×100 Mixed medley |
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| OG 2012 | 10th | ||||||
| WC 2013 | 5th | 11th |  |
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| OG 2016 | 7th | 4th | |
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| WC 2019 | 8th | |
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World records edit
Long course metres edit
| No. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Status | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4x100 m freestyle relay[a] | 3:30.98 | 2014 Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, Scotland | 24 July 2014 | Former | [23] |
| 2 | 4x100 m freestyle relay (2)[b] | 3:30.65 | 2016 Summer Olympics | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6 August 2016 | Former | [24] |
| 3 | 4x100 m freestyle relay (3)[c] | 3:30.05 | 2018 Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Queensland | 5 April 2018 | Former | [25] |
| 4 | 4x100 m freestyle relay (4)[d] | 3:29.69 | 2020 Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | 25 July 2021 | Former | [26] |
a split 53.15 (1st leg); with Melanie Schlanger (2nd leg), Emma McKeon (3rd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)
b split 52.15 (3rd leg); with Emma McKeon (1st leg), Brittany Elmslie (2nd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)
c split 52.99 (2nd leg); with Shayna Jack (1st leg), Emma McKeon (3rd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)
d split 53.01 (1st leg); with Meg Harris (2nd leg), Emma McKeon (3rd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)
Short course metres edit
| No. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Status | Ref | |
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| 1 | 4x50 m mixed freestyle relay[a] | 1:31.13 | h | 2013 FINA World Cup | Tokyo, Japan | 10 November 2013 | Former | [27] |
| 2 | 4x50 m mixed freestyle relay (2)[b] | 1:29.61 | 2013 FINA World Cup | Tokyo, Japan | 10 November 2013 | Former | [27] |
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial
a split 24.03 (3rd leg); with Tomaso D'Orsogna (1st leg), Regan Leong (2nd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)
b split 23.44 (4th leg); with Tomaso D'Orsogna (1st leg), Travis Mahoney (2nd leg), Cate Campbell (3rd leg)
Olympic records edit
Long course metres edit
| No. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Status | Notes | Ref | |
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| 1 | 4x100 m freestyle relay[a] | 3:32.39 | h | 2016 Summer Olympics | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6 August 2016 | Former | [28] | |
| 2 | 4x100 m freestyle relay[b] | 3:30.65 | 2016 Summer Olympics | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6 August 2016 | Former | Former WR, OC, NR | [28] | |
| 3 | 4x100 m freestyle relay[c] | 3:29.69 | 2020 Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | 25 July 2021 | Current | WR, OC, NR | [29] |
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial
a split 53.26 (3rd leg); with Madison Wilson (1st leg ), Brittany Elmslie (2nd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)
b split 52.15 (3rd leg); with Emma McKeon (1st leg), Brittany Elmslie (2nd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)
c split 53.01 (1st leg); with Meg Harris (2nd leg), Emma McKeon (3rd leg), Cate Campbell (4th leg)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Bronte Campbell". fina.org. FINA. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ "Bronte Campbell". Official Site of the 2012 Australian Olympic Team. Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ "Campbell Sisters to swim in London". Official Site of the 2012 Australian Olympic Team. Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ "Sister act set to rock Glasgow pool". Fox Sports. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Subscribe | heraldsun". heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Sport on Saturdays: Meet Cate Campbell, Olympic swimmer". Mamamia. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ Women's 50m Freestyle: Heats Archived 22 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine, London2012.com
- ^ "Final results of Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships" (pdf). Omega Timing. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ^ Final Results
- ^ Final results
- ^ Final results
- ^ "Final results". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "2016 Australian Olympic Swimming Team selected". Australian Olympic Committee. 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ "Swimming | Athlete Profile: Bronte CAMPBELL - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ MacDonald, Lynnaire (8 June 2021). "Head Above Water (Amazon Studios) Review". STG. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Swimming - CAMPBELL Bronte". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ Knox, David (22 May 2022). "Celebrity Apprentice 2022: Meet the Cast". TV Tonight. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "QUT News & Events Wrap". QUT. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ "Double trouble: Swim sisters". 15 May 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ "Cate Campbell buying a Brisbane house - realestate.com.au". realestate.com.au. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ "Aussie swimmers the Campbell sisters doing it for themselves". Women's Health. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Bronte Campbell - the Poet Uncaged - Sportette". Sportette. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Swimming Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final". Official Website of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Rio 2016 Swimming Results Book". IOC. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ Stutchbury, Greg. "Campbell sisters power Australia to swimming world record". Reuters U.K. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Women's 4x100m freestyle relay result". FINA. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ a b AAP (11 November 2013). "World record in mixed relays at FINA World Cup". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ a b Mendes, Rodrigo (19 August 2016). "Rio 2016 Swimming 6 - 13: Results Book". Omega Timing; Atos. Version 1.1. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Omega Timing; Atos (1 August 2021). "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Swimming Results Book" Archived 7 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
External links edit
- Bronte Campbell at Swimming Australia (archived) (2017-04-04, 2015-09-06)
- Bronte Campbell at World Aquatics
- Bronte Campbell at the International Swimming League
- Bronte Campbell at Swimrankings.net
- Bronte Campbell at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Bronte Campbell at Olympics.com
- Bronte Campbell at Olympic.org (archived)
- Bronte Campbell at Olympedia
