Grant Brits

Grant Brits

Personal information
Full name	Grant Tyson Brits
National team	Australia
Born	(1987-08-11) 11 August 1987 Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Barker Aquatic Swim Club
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Australia Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 4x200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2007 Melbourne 4x200 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2008 Manchester 4x200 m freestyle

Grant Tyson Brits (born 11 August 1987) is a South African-born competition swimmer who represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and other international championship events.

Brits' mother swam for South Africa in the 1970s.

Brits was selected in the squad for the 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay for the 2008 Summer Olympics. He helped Australia qualify sixth in the heats where he was the fastest of the four heats swimmers. This effort resulted in the selectors deciding to retain him for the final of the 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay. He swam the third leg of the relay, the Australian's managed to secure a surprise bronze in the event; handing Brits his first Olympic Medal.

At the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Brits competed in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. He swam the third leg in the heats, posting a time of 1 min 48.73 s to help Australia qualify second fastest for the final. He retained his position for the final, where he again swam the third leg. He maintained third place throughout his leg, and ended with a silver medal when Kenrick Monk overtook his Canadian counterpart on the anchor leg.

In 2007 Brits was part of team that set a new world record the 4 x 200 metre freestyle short-course relay.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
• World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay.

References

• sports-reference