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Nickname | Britt | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
Born | Gold Coast, Queensland | 23 November 1995||||||||||||||
Height | 160 cm (63 in) (2012) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) (2012) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||
Event | 10 m platform diver | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brittany Broben (born 23 November 1995) is an Australian former diver. She won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics in the 10 m platform diving event with a score of 366.50, behind Chen Ruolin of China
Nicknamed Britt, Broben was born on 23 November 1995 in Gold Coast, Queensland. [1] She grew up in the Gold Coast of Queensland [2] [3] and still lives there as of June 2012. [1] Brittany was a student at Marymount College, located in Burleigh Heads. [2]
Broben is 160 centimetres (63 in) tall and weighs 48 kilograms (106 lb). [1]
Broben is a 10 m platform diver. [2] [4] She has a diving scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport. [1] She trains at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre. [1] As of 2012 [update], she is coached by Xiangning Chen. [1]
At the 2008 Australian Open Championships, Broben earned first place in the 1 m and 3 m springboard events. [1] At the 2009 Australian Junior Elite Championships, she finished first in the 10-metre platform. At the 2009 British Junior Elite Championships, she finished first in the 3-metre platform, second in the 10-metre platform and synchronised platform, and bronze in the 1 metre. [1] At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Fort Lauderdale, she came in second in the Girls B 10 metre platform event. At the 2010 Australian Open Championships, she finished first in the 10-metre platform. [1] She competed in the 2011 FINA World Championships. That year, she competed at the 10-metre platform at the USA Grand Prix, Fort Lauderdale, where she won a gold medal. She went on to earn a bronze medal at the 2011 Australian Open Championships in the 10-metre platform. [1] She earned second place at the 2012 Australian Diving Championships in the 10 m platform. [3] [5] [1]
At the 2012 London Olympics, Broben won a silver medal in the 10 m platform diving event. [2] [4] [3] She was sixteen years old at the time of the Games. [6] Going into the Olympics, her training schedule started at 4:15am, where she and a parent would drive from the family home on the Gold Coast to the Brisbane Aquatic Centre where she trained. [2]
In October 2016, Broben announced her retirement from diving at the age of 20, due to a shoulder injury. [7]
In June 2018 she announced that after undergoing 3 shoulder surgeries, she intends to return to platform diving. [8][ non-primary source needed]
![]() Broben being interviewed by Fox Sports News at the Welcome Home parade in Sydney | |||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nickname | Britt | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
Born | Gold Coast, Queensland | 23 November 1995||||||||||||||
Height | 160 cm (63 in) (2012) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) (2012) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||
Event | 10 m platform diver | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Brittany Broben (born 23 November 1995) is an Australian former diver. She won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics in the 10 m platform diving event with a score of 366.50, behind Chen Ruolin of China
Nicknamed Britt, Broben was born on 23 November 1995 in Gold Coast, Queensland. [1] She grew up in the Gold Coast of Queensland [2] [3] and still lives there as of June 2012. [1] Brittany was a student at Marymount College, located in Burleigh Heads. [2]
Broben is 160 centimetres (63 in) tall and weighs 48 kilograms (106 lb). [1]
Broben is a 10 m platform diver. [2] [4] She has a diving scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport. [1] She trains at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre. [1] As of 2012 [update], she is coached by Xiangning Chen. [1]
At the 2008 Australian Open Championships, Broben earned first place in the 1 m and 3 m springboard events. [1] At the 2009 Australian Junior Elite Championships, she finished first in the 10-metre platform. At the 2009 British Junior Elite Championships, she finished first in the 3-metre platform, second in the 10-metre platform and synchronised platform, and bronze in the 1 metre. [1] At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Fort Lauderdale, she came in second in the Girls B 10 metre platform event. At the 2010 Australian Open Championships, she finished first in the 10-metre platform. [1] She competed in the 2011 FINA World Championships. That year, she competed at the 10-metre platform at the USA Grand Prix, Fort Lauderdale, where she won a gold medal. She went on to earn a bronze medal at the 2011 Australian Open Championships in the 10-metre platform. [1] She earned second place at the 2012 Australian Diving Championships in the 10 m platform. [3] [5] [1]
At the 2012 London Olympics, Broben won a silver medal in the 10 m platform diving event. [2] [4] [3] She was sixteen years old at the time of the Games. [6] Going into the Olympics, her training schedule started at 4:15am, where she and a parent would drive from the family home on the Gold Coast to the Brisbane Aquatic Centre where she trained. [2]
In October 2016, Broben announced her retirement from diving at the age of 20, due to a shoulder injury. [7]
In June 2018 she announced that after undergoing 3 shoulder surgeries, she intends to return to platform diving. [8][ non-primary source needed]