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Brianne Theisen-Eaton (born 18 December 1988) is a retired Canadian track and field athlete who competed in the heptathlon and women's pentathlon. She won the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics .
Ashton Eaton is a two-time Olympic champion in the decathlon who competed for the U.S., while Brianne Theisen-Eaton won a bronze medal in the heptathlon for Canada.
Returning silver medalist Brianne Theisen-Eaton came in with high expectations. She started the 60m hurdles with the fastest time of the day. Her high jump was the second best putting her firmly in the lead. In the shot put, Theisen-Eaton's 13.70 put her in the middle of the field, but paled in comparison to Alina Fyodorova's 15.
The 2015 World runner-up Brianne Theisen-Eaton of Canada topped the season's lists with 32 points more. Katarina Johnson-Thompson had one of the highest personal best scores, though her fitness for the two-day event was in question, ranking 17th in the world.
With the retirements of Jessica Ennis-Hill and Brianne Theisen-Eaton, Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa was the only returning medalist from 2015. Since both retirees were also on the Olympic podium, that left Olympic champion Nafissatou Thiam as the clear favorite.
Women's heptathlon at the 2015 World Championships Venue Beijing National Stadium Dates 22 (day 1) 23 August (day 2) Competitors 34 from 24 nations Winning points 6669 Medalists Jessica Ennis-Hill Great Britain Brianne Theisen-Eaton Canada Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa Latvia ← 2013 2017 → Events at the 2015 World Championships Track events 100 m men women 200 m men women 400 m men women 800 m ...
On February 16, 2023, she obliterated Brianne Theisen-Eaton's North American pentathlon record with a total of 5004 points at the USATF Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Becoming the third female in history to achieve 5000 points or more and moving up to second place on the world all-time list , Hall just missed the world record ...
Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Result Points Notes 1: 4: Brianne Theisen-Eaton Canada (CAN) 13.17: 1099: 2: 4: Hanna Melnychenko Ukraine (UKR) 13.29: 1081: 3: 4: Dafne Schippers Netherlands (NED)