Brittany Broben
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Broben being interviewed by Fox Sports News at the Welcome Home parade in Sydney
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| Nickname(s) | Britt | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||
| Born | 23 November 1995 Gold Coast, Queensland |
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| Residence | Gold Coast | ||||||||||||
| Height | 163 cm (64 in) (2012) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) (2012) | ||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 10 m platform diver | ||||||||||||
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Brittany Broben (born 23 November 1995) is an 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
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 163 centimetres (64 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[update], she is coached by Xiangning Chen.[1]
At the 2008 Australian Open Championships, Broben earned first place in the 1 metre & 3m 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]
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