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{{Short description|Australian swimmer (born 1989)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Bronte Barratt
| image          = Bronte Barratt (6421126941).jpg
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| alt            = 
| caption        = Bronte Barratt at the 2011 Santa Clara Grand Invitational
| fullname       = Bronte Amelia Arnold Barratt
| nicknames      = "Bazzy" 
| national_team  = {{AUS}}
| strokes        = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]]
| club           = St Peters Western
| coach          = [[Michael Bohl]]
| collegeteam    = 
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1989|2|8|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Brisbane, Queensland]]
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
| height         = 171 cm<ref name="fina">{{cite web|title=Bronte Barratt|url=http://www.fina.org/athletes/bronte-barratt|website=fina.org|publisher=[[FINA]]|access-date=9 April 2016}}</ref>
| weight         = 58 kg<ref name="fina"/>
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport|Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
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{{MedalGold|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2012 London|[[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships|2015 Kazan]]|[[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships|2005 Montreal]]|[[Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships|2011 Shanghai]]|[[Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships|2013 Barcelona]]|[[Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|World Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2006 Shanghai]]|4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2006 Shanghai|400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2008 Manchester]]|4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|2006 Victoria]]|[[2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships  – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|2014 Gold Coast]]|[[2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Gold Coast|[[2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships  – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2006 Victoria|[[2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Swimming at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Melbourne]]|[[Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]]|[[Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games|2014 Glasgow]]|[[Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2006 Melbourne|[[Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2014 Glasgow|[[Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2014 Glasgow|[[Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]}}
}}

'''Bronte Amelia Arnold Barratt''', {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}}<ref name="oam">{{cite web | title = Barratt, Bronte Amelia | work = It's An Honour | publisher = Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | url = https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1139818 | access-date = 29 December 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200412154803/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1139818 | archive-date = 12 April 2020 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Results – Monday 4 October |publisher=BBC Sport |date=5 October 2010 |access-date=5 October 2010 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9038225.stm}}</ref> (born 8 February 1989) is an Australian retired competitive [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]] and Olympic gold medallist.

==Career==
Born in [[Brisbane]] on 8 February 1989,<ref name="fina"/> Barratt was coached by John Rodgers at the Albany Creek Swim Club.<ref>[http://www.albanycreekswim.com Albany Creek Swim Club] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402183953/http://www.albanycreekswim.com/ |date=2 April 2015 }}.  Retrieved 10 March 2015.</ref> At the 2006 World Short Course Championships held in Shanghai, she won a gold medal in the women's 4×200-metre freestyle relay and an individual silver medal in the 400-metre freestyle.<ref name="elitesports">
{{cite web |access-date=14 April 2008 |url=http://www.elitesports.com.au/new/athlete_profiles/280.html |title=Bronte Barratt Swimming Profile |publisher=Elite Sports |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422140448/http://www.elitesports.com.au/new/athlete_profiles/280.html |archive-date=22 April 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

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.<ref name="theage">{{cite news |access-date=14 April 2008 |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/swimming/barratt-claims-wickhams-400m-record/2007/08/21/1187462265186.html?s_cid=rss_sport |title= Barratt claims Wickham's 400m record |publisher=The Age | location=Melbourne | date=22 August 2007}}</ref>

Barratt competed in the [[2008 Olympic Games]] in the women's 200-metre and 400-metre freestyle events.  She was also part of the women's 4×200-metre freestyle relay team, winning gold in the final, and breaking the now-previous world record by a full six seconds. She swam the second 200 metres after [[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".<ref name="oam"/>

Barratt won a bronze medal in the women's 200-metre freestyle at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London, and silver in the {{nowrap|4 × 200 m}} freestyle relay.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/bronte-barratt-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165645/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/bronte-barratt-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17|title=Bronte Barratt Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2017-11-22}}</ref>

At the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]], she was part of the Australian {{nowrap|4 × 200 m}} freestyle relay team that won gold in a new Games record, along with winning individual bronzes in the 200 and 400 m freestyle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/swimming/1030613/bronte_barratt.html|title=Glasgow 2014 - Bronte Barratt Profile|website=g2014results.thecgf.com|access-date=2017-11-22|archive-date=29 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029085651/http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/swimming/1030613/bronte_barratt.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

At the [[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Summer Olympics]], Barratt represented Australia in both the 200m freestyle & 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, winning silver in the {{nowrap|4 × 200 m}} freestyle relay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/news/2016-australian-olympic-swimming-team-selected|title=2016 Australian Olympic Swimming Team selected|publisher=Australian Olympic Committee|date=14 April 2016|access-date=4 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011063212/http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/news/2016-australian-olympic-swimming-team-selected|archive-date=11 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

==See also==
* [[List of Australian records in swimming]]
* [[List of Commonwealth Games records in swimming]]
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)]]
* [[List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)]]
* [[List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{World Aquatics}}
* {{Swimrankings}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150907182628/http://www.swimming.org.au/article.php?group_id=7318 Bronte Barratt] at [[Swimming Australia]] (archived)
* {{AOC profile}}
* {{CGA profile|bronte-barratt}}
* {{Olympics.com|org_archive=20200208014912}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{2014 Commonwealth Games profile}}
* {{2010 Commonwealth Games profile|577461}}
* {{2006 Commonwealth Games profile}}

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[[Category:Australian female freestyle swimmers]]
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