Leiston Pickett

Leiston Pickett
Personal information
Full nameLeiston Jane Pickett
Nickname"Lei"
National team Australia
Born (1992-02-08) 8 February 1992
Gold Coast, Queensland
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight61 kg (134 lb)[2]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubSouthport Olympic
CoachGlenn Baker
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Australia
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place2010 Dubai50 m breaststroke
Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal – second place2010 Irvine50 m breaststroke
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2010 Delhi50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2014 Glasgow50 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place2018 Gold Coast50 m breaststroke

Leiston Jane Pickett (born 8 February 1992) is an Australian Commonwealth Games gold medalist swimmer. A participant in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Pickett won the 50-metre breaststroke ahead of fellow Australian Leisel Jones.[3]

She attended A.B. Paterson College and graduated in 2009.[4]

In 2010, as well as the Commonwealth gold, she won silver at the short course world championships in the 50 m breaststroke, and in the Pan-Pacific Championships.[5]

She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 100 m breastroke.[6] She qualified by winning the Australian title in that event, the first time Leisel Jones had not won the title in 12 years.[7] At the Olympics, she did not reach the final, having finished 6th in her heat.[7]

In 2014, she was part of Australian team that won silver in the 4 x 100 m medley relay at the short course world championships.[5] She also retained her Commonwealth 50 m breaststroke gold.[5]

In 2018, on home soil, she won bronze in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Leiston Pickett". commonwealthgames.com.au. 2018 Commonwealth Games. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Leiston Pickett". results.gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Rookie Leiston Pickett outsprints her childhood hero". The Australian. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "AB Paterson College". Abpat.qld.edu.au. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Leiston Pickett: Medals". World Aquatics. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Leiston Pickett at Olympics.com". Olympics.com. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Leiston Pickett". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
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