Anne Brunell, Date of Birth

    

Anne Brunell

Australian Paralympic swimmer

Date of Birth: 13-Jul-1970

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Anne Brunell

  • Anne Nicole Brunell, OAM (née Currie ; born 13 July 1970) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer.
  • She was born without legs and only three fingers on her right hand.
  • She started competitive swimming at the age of 11 and swam for the Nunawading and North Dandenong swimming clubs.
  • At the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Games, she won a bronze medal in the Women's 100 m Freestyle A1 event.
  • At just under 14 years of age, this made her the youngest Australian Paralympic medallist at that time, surpassing Elizabeth Edmondson, who won gold at 14 years and 4 months at the 1964 Tokyo Paralympics.
  • In 2012, Maddison Elliott passed them both and became the youngest Australian Paralympic medallist and gold medallist at the 2012 London Games.
  • At the 1998 Seoul Paralympics, Currie, won silver in the Women's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay.
  • Currie won three gold medals in the Women's 50 m and 100 m Freestyle S6 and Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay S7 events and a silver medal in the Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle S1 at the 1990 World Championships and Games for the Disabled, Assen, Netherlands.At the 1992 Barcelona Games, she won three gold medals in the Women's 4x50 m Freestyle S1–6, Women's 200 m Freestyle S6, and Women's 100 m Freestyle S6 events, for which she won a Medal of the Order of Australia, and a bronze medal in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S6 event.
  • In 2000, she received an Australian Sports Medal.
  • In 2007, she was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.

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