Australian Olympian Brianna Throssell Gets Engaged In Positano

Australian Olympic swimmer Brianna Throssell announced her engagement to Josh Wilner on Instagram during a boat ride while vacationing in Positano, Italy, on September 2.

The engagement came shortly after Throssell competed at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, marking her third Olympic appearance for Australia. There, she swam on the gold medal-winning 4×200 freestyle relay alongside Ariarne Titmus, Mollie O’Callaghan, and Lani Pallister.

Throssell also represented Australia at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. In 2016, she finished 8th in the 200 butterfly final. 

At the 2020 Games, she again placed 8th in the 200 butterfly and 12th in the 100 butterfly. During these Games, she earned her first Olympic gold medal as part of the 4×100 medley relay, swimming the butterfly leg in the prelims. She also secured bronze medals as a prelims swimmer in the 4×200 freestyle relay and the 4×100 mixed medley relay.

At the 2019 Gwangju World Championships, Throssell was part of the Australian relay that set a new world record in the 4×200 freestyle relay, breaking the 10-year-old Chinese record. She competed alongside Ariarne Titmus, Madison Wilson, and Emma McKeon.

Throssell and the Australian team reset the world record at the 2023 Fukuoka World Championships, this time alongside Ariarne Titmus, Mollie O’Callaghan, and Shayna Jack.

Her fiancé, Wilner, owns a health and well-being business with locations in Victoria and Queensland, Australia.

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Emily Se-Bom Lee
24 days ago

sc nationals entries are out:

matt temple
lizzie dekkers
iona anderson
jenna forrester
lani pallister
max giuliani
josh yong
moesha johnson
olivia wunsch
alex perkins
sienna toohey
milla jansen
bella grant
marcus da silva
jamie de luutis
isaac cooper
josh edwards-smith

the sc worlds team will be very lean (with kyle and cam being the only individual olympic medalists likely to compete), but that’s pretty normal

Last edited 24 days ago by Emily Se-Bom Lee
Emily Se-Bom Lee
Reply to  Emily Se-Bom Lee
24 days ago

forgot to say that kaylee might go, but that’s also unconfirmed

Daniel
Reply to  Emily Se-Bom Lee
24 days ago

Kaylee has entered now too 🥳👌

2Fat4Speed
25 days ago

I would rather get engaged in Italy than Indy…

Skip
26 days ago

It’s more of a story who hasn’t got engaged (yet) at this point…

Daniel
26 days ago

Unrelated note – some solid swims at the Victorian Junior SC champs over the weekend.

16 year old Henry Allan with a 1:56.8 in the 200m back. Underwaters and turns are just OK, very quick on top of the water.

SwimSwam’s own Sienna Toohey lowered her SC PB, with a 1:06.48 in the 100 Breast. First 50 in just over 30 seconds, faded slightly at the end. Top end speed is elite.

Lily Koch put down some excellent swims, the highlight being the 200m Breast, where she overhauled Toohey.

Macey Sherridan looked a cut above and Te Paki (New Zealand) dominated most of the races he entered.

sadswammer
26 days ago

How is everyone getting engaged in Italy?

Trenton Steinway
Reply to  sadswammer
26 days ago

They have the extra capital to be able to go there whenever…that probably plays a part in it.

Admin
Reply to  sadswammer
26 days ago

Haha after two weeks in France, it was a natural vacation spot…