Brianna Thompson

Brianna Thompson is a 21-year-old open water swimmer from Australia.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

On 10 July 2019, she completed a 67 km two-way crossing of the English Channel in 22 hours 37 minutes (11 hours 5 minutes from England to France and 11 hours 32 minutes from France to England) with escort pilot Reg Brickell and observer Ray Brickell at the age of 18.
On 29 September 2018, she swam 33.5 km across the English Channel from England to France in 11 hours 52 minutes at the age of 17.
She received the following 2019 Channel Swimming Association Awards for her swim: Fastest 2 Way Swim and Youngest Successful Swimmer.
She was the fastest female swimmer in the Swim Around Keppel event, a 20 km circumnavigation swim around Great Keppel Island in Queensland, Australia held on 15 August 2020 in 5 hours 0 minutes.
On 19 July 2022, she completed a Guernsey to Jersey crossing, escorted by Matthew Clarke at the age of 21.
On 17 July 2022, she completed a 14-mile J2F Jersey to France crossing, escorted by Matthew Clarke at the age of 21.