Brittany Ann Nicole Crew (born March 6, 1994, in Mississauga, Ontario) is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the shot put.[1][2]
 Crew in 2021 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 6, 1994 Mississauga, Ontario |
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 112 kg (247 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Shot put |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 19.28 m (63 ft 3 in), 2019 |
Medal record | |
Crew is an alumna of York University in Toronto.[3]
Career edit
In July 2016 she was named to Canada's Olympic team.[4]
At the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Crew won gold with a best throw of 18.34 meters.[5] At the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, Crew won bronze with a best throw of 18.32 metres.[6]
In 2019, Crew threw 19.28 to break her own Canadian record.[7]
Crew competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[8][9][10]
Awards and honors edit
- 2019 York University Female Athlete of the Year [11]
References edit
- ^ COC Profile
- ^ IAAF Profile
- ^ "Crew Hits Olympic Standard in Shotput, Road to Rio Continues". yorkulions.ca. York University. May 20, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
- ^ Hossain, Asif (11 July 2016). "Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ "Canada's Brittany Crew captures shot put gold at Summer Universiade". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ Webb-Proctor, Gary (13 April 2018). "Brittany Crew saves best for last to take Bronze in women's shot put at Commonwealth Games". East York Chronicle. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "De Grasse runs season best 9.97 to win men's 100m in Berlin". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ Nichols, Paula (3 July 2021). "Team Canada to have 57 competitors in athletics at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ "57 athletes nominated to Canada's Olympic track & field team". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ "Athletics CREW Brittany". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ "2018-19 YORK AWARD WINNERS". yorkulions.ca. 2019-05-22. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
External links edit
- Brittany Crew at Athletics Canada
- Brittany Crew at World Athletics
- Brittany Crew at Diamond League
- Brittany Crew at Athletics Canada
- Brittany Crew at Olympics.com
- Brittany Crew at Olympedia
- Brittany Crew at the Canadian Olympic Committee
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