Bronte Campbell

Who is Bronte Campbell?

Bronte Campbell is an Australian swimmer who has been selected to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Her older sister Cate is also a swimmer who won two bronze medals at the Beijing Olympics. Bronte and Cate were the first Australian siblings on the same Olympic swimming team since the 1972 Summer Olympics and the first Australian sisters ever to compete in the same swimming event at the Olympics.

Her 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, Bronte won gold in the 50 m freestyle at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival then in 2011, she won gold in the same event at the 2011 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Lima, Peru.

Campbell competed in the Women's 50 metre freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She and her sister Cate swam in the same heat, finishing second and third, respectively, and qualifying for the semi-final in ninth and tenth place, respectively.