Brianne Theisen-Eaton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Brianne Theisen-Eaton

Canadian athlete

Date of Birth: 18-Dec-1988

Place of Birth: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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About Brianne Theisen-Eaton

  • Brianne Theisen-Eaton (born 18 December 1988) is a Canadian retired track and field athlete who competed in the heptathlon and women's pentathlon.
  • She won the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
  • Theisen-Eaton holds the Canadian record for the heptathlon with 6,808 points, as well as the indoor pentathlon with a score of 4768 points.
  • Theisen-Eaton is a heptathlon silver medallist from the 2013 World Championships and 2015 World Championships, as well as a pentathlon silver medalist from the 2014 World Indoor Championships.
  • She is the first and only Canadian woman to podium in the multi-events at the World Championships.
  • Theisen-Eaton won Commonwealth Games gold in the heptathlon at Glasgow 2014 and was the 2016 World Indoor Champion in the pentathlon.
  • She also won a bronze medal as part of the women's 4 x 400 m relay at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. A national junior champion in 2006, she took the heptathlon gold medal at the Pan American Junior Championships the following year.
  • She enrolled at the University of Oregon and broke a number of school records in her first three years, winning back-to-back NCAA heptathlon titles in 2009 and 2010.
  • She also won twice at the NCAA Indoor Championship, including a collegiate pentathlon record in 2011.
  • She and her husband, Ashton Eaton, announced their retirement from track and field on January 3, 2017.

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