Brittany Broben

Brittany Broben (born 23 November 1995) is a former Australian 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

Brittany Broben
Broben being interviewed by Fox Sports News at the Welcome Home parade in Sydney
Personal information
Nickname(s)Britt
NationalityAustralia
Born (1995-11-23) 23 November 1995
Gold Coast, Queensland
Height160 cm (63 in) (2012)
Weight48 kg (106 lb) (2012)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportDiving
Event(s)10 m platform diver
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Women's Diving
Olympic Games 2012
2012 London10 m platform

Personal

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 is a student at Marymount College, located in Burleigh Heads.[2]

Broben is 160 centimetres (63 in) tall and weighs 48 kilograms (106 lb).[1]

Diving

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, 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]

References
  1. "Brittany Broben". Diving Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  2. Craddock, Robert (30 June 2012). "Big is beautiful for Opals". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  3. Williamson, Brett (4 April 2012). "Diving into life". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  4. "Big stage to benefit 'show pony' Mitcham". Nine MSN. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  5. "Wiggins misses individual Olympic dive". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  6. "Leading diving medal contenders". Nine MSN. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  7. Boswell, Tom. "Shoulder injury forces Gold Coast diver Brittany Broben into retirement". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  8. "Brittany Broben on Instagram: "After undergoing 3 shoulder surgeries over the last few years I hung up my togs and walked away after 2016. I thought I was ok with how my…"". Instagram. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
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