Brittany Crew

Brittany Ann Nicole Crew (born March 6, 1994, in Mississauga, Ontario) is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the shot put.[1][2]

Brittany Crew
Crew in 2021
Personal information
Born (1994-03-06) March 6, 1994
Mississauga, Ontario
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight112 kg (247 lb)
Sport
Country Canada
SportAthletics
Event(s)Shot put
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)19.28 m (63 ft 3 in), 2019
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Canada
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 Gold CoastShot put
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2019 LimaShot put
Universiade
Gold medal – first place2017 TaipeiShot put
Bronze medal – third place2015 GwangjuShot put

Crew is an alumna of York University in Toronto.[3]

Career

In July 2016 she was named to Canada's Olympic team.[4]

At the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Crew won gold with a best throw of 18.34 meters.[5] At the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, Crew won bronze with a best throw of 18.32 metres.[6]

In 2019, Crew threw 19.28 to break her own Canadian record.[7]

Crew competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[8][9][10]

Awards and honors
  • 2019 York University Female Athlete of the Year [11]

References
  1. COC Profile
  2. IAAF Profile
  3. "Crew Hits Olympic Standard in Shotput, Road to Rio Continues". yorkulions.ca. York University. May 20, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  4. Hossain, Asif (11 July 2016). "Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  5. "Canada's Brittany Crew captures shot put gold at Summer Universiade". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  6. Webb-Proctor, Gary (13 April 2018). "Brittany Crew saves best for last to take Bronze in women's shot put at Commonwealth Games". East York Chronicle. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  7. "De Grasse runs season best 9.97 to win men's 100m in Berlin". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  8. Nichols, Paula (3 July 2021). "Team Canada to have 57 competitors in athletics at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  9. "57 athletes nominated to Canada's Olympic track & field team". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  10. "Athletics CREW Brittany". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  11. "2018-19 YORK AWARD WINNERS". yorkulions.ca. 2019-05-22. Retrieved 2021-06-10.


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