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Canadian shot putter (b. 1994)
Brittany Crew
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Brittany_Crew.jpg/230px-Brittany_Crew.jpg) Crew in 2021 |
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Born | (1994-03-06) March 6, 1994 (age 30)
Mississauga,
Ontario |
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Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
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Weight | 112 kg (247 lb) |
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Country |
Canada |
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Sport | Athletics |
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Event |
Shot put |
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Personal best(s) | 19.28 m (63 ft 3 in), 2019 |
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Brittany Ann Nicole Crew (born March 6, 1994, in
Mississauga,
Ontario) is a Canadian
track and field athlete competing in the
shot put.
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Crew is an alumna of
York University in
Toronto.
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Career
In July 2016 she was named to
Canada's Olympic team.
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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.
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In 2019, Crew threw 19.28 to break her own
Canadian record.
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Crew competed at the
2020 Summer Olympics.
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Awards and honors
- 2019 York University Female Athlete of the Year
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References
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COC Profile
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IAAF Profile
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"Crew Hits Olympic Standard in Shotput, Road to Rio Continues". yorkulions.ca. York University. May 20, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
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^ Hossain, Asif (11 July 2016).
"Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio".
Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
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"Canada's Brittany Crew captures shot put gold at Summer Universiade".
Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
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^ 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.
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"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.
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^ 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.
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"57 athletes nominated to Canada's Olympic track & field team". www.cbc.ca/.
CBC Sports. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
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"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.
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"2018-19 YORK AWARD WINNERS". yorkulions.ca. 2019-05-22. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
External links
New Zealand national champions in women's shot put |
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