Joselyn Daniely Brea Abreu (born 12 August 1994) is a Spanish-Venezuelan athlete who competes in the duathlon and track and field. She won two gold medals at the Duathlon World Championships in 2021 and 2022.
Duathlon Brea is a two-time world champion in the duathlon. In the 2021 world championships, she won the race with a time of 2:00:19. The following year, in 2022, she again won the race in a time of 1:54.30.
Track and field Brea competed alongside her sister, Edymar, in the 5000m at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. In April 2023, Brea ran 14:47.76 in the 5000, becoming the first South American athlete in history to break 15 minutes in the event. In July 2023, she broke the South American mile record, running 4:27.41 at the Monaco Diamond League. She finished 13th in the race. Every competitor ran a personal best, and seven national records were broken.
She set a new outdoors personal best and South American record over 5000m, running 14:36.59 at the Los Angeles Grand Prix on 17 May 2024.
Results and personal bests Track and field personal bests
Taken from IAAF profile SurfaceEventTimeVenueDateNotesIndoor track3000m9:04.67Sabadell, Spain8 February 2022NROutdoor track1500m4:05.78Atlanta, US31 May 2024One mile4:27.41Monaco21 July 2023AR3000m8:43.26Chorzów, Poland16 July 2023AR5000m14:36.59Los Angeles17 May 2024AR10,000m34:10.63Maia, Portugal9 April 20163000m steeplechase10:21.93Palencia, Spain9 July 2016NRRoad10k32:05Valencia, Spain15 January 2023Half marathon1:13:25Caracas, Venezuela19 March 2023
Track and field championship results
Taken from IAAF profile YearMeetVenueEventPlaceTime2016Spanish Athletics ChampionshipsLas Mestas Sports ComplexGijón, Spain5000m4th16:13.802020Spanish Athletics ChampionshipsEstadio de VallehermosoMadrid, SpainOC16:12.542021Venezuelan Athletics ChampionshipsBarinas, Venezuela1500m1st4:12.925000m1st15:21.41South American ChampionshipsEstadio Modelo Alberto Spencer HerreraGuayaquil, Ecuador1500m1st4:15.055000m3rd15:48.242022Ibero-American ChampionshipsEstadi Olímpic Camilo CanoTorrevieja, Spain1st16:08.83World Athletics ChampionshipsHayward FieldEugene, United StatesH2 16th15:46.75South American GamesLuque, Paraguay1500m4th4:16.645000m2nd15:42.702023Central American and Caribbean GamesSan Salvador, El Salvador1500m1st4:10.39 GR 5000m1st15:10.60 Half marathon1st1:15:04World Athletics ChampionshipsNational Athletics Centre Budapest, Hungary5000mH2 10th15:11.16Pan American GamesJulio Martínez National Stadium, Chile5000m1st16:04.12
Triathlon championship results
Taken from World Triathlon profile YearRaceVenueDistancePlaceTime2020Spanish Triathlon National ChampionshipsPontevedra, SpainSprint10th1:03:222019Triathlon West Asian ChampionshipsBahrain, BahrainSprint1st1:05:28Spanish Triathlon National ChampionshipsA Coruña, SpainOlympic6th2:04:592018ETU Triathlon European CupValencia, SpainOlympic8th2:01:54ETU Sprint Triathlon European CupGran Canaria, SpainSprint19th1:07:002017ITU Triathlon World CupHuelva, SpainOlympic16th2:07:08ETU Triathlon European Cup and Mediterranean ChampionshipsAltafulla, SpainSprint13th1:07:16
Duathlon championship results
Taken from World Triathlon profile YearRaceVenueDistancePlaceTime2022World GamesBirmingham, USAStandard3rd2:02:42World Triathlon Duathlon ChampionshipsTârgu Mureș, RomaniaStandard1st1:54:30Spanish Duathlon National ChampionshipsAvilés, SpainSprint1st57:152021World Triathlon Duathlon ChampionshipsAvilés, SpainStandard1st2:00:192020ITU Triathlon World CupValencia, SpainSprint30th1:03:56Spanish Duathlon National ChampionshipsSoria, SpainSprint4th1:01:16ETU Duathlon European ChampionshipsPunta Umbria, SpainSprint3rd1:00:01
Personal life Brea's sister, Edymar Brea, is also a world class athlete. The two competed together in the 5000m at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.
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External links
Joselyn Brea at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics