Brittany Crew

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Brittany Crew
Personal information
Born (1994-03-06) March 6, 1994 (age 27)
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 (National record)

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]

Crew is an alumnus 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". . 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". .. 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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