Bronte Barratt

Who is Bronte Barratt?

Bronte Amelia Arnold Barratt OAM is a competitive swimmer from Australia. At the World Short Course Championships held in Shanghai in 2006, Barratt won the gold medal in women's 4x200m freestyle relay and an individual silver medal in the 400m freestyle. In 2007, she broke the oldest record in swimming for Australian women when she broke Tracey Wickham's 29 year old record in the 400m freestyle. Barratt competed in the 2008 Olympic Games over 200m and 400m freestyle. She was also part of the Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay team, winning gold in the final, and breaking the now-previous world record by a full six seconds. She swam the second 200m after good friend Stephanie Rice, and before Kylie Palmer and Linda Mackenzie. In 2009, she received the Medal of the Order of Australia "For service to sport as a gold medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games".

Bronte Barratt won a bronze medal in the 200m freestyle at the 2012 London Olympic Games.