Brianne Theisen-Eaton
- Born
- Dec 18, 1986 (39 years old)
- Birthplace
- Saskatoon, Canada
- Events
- Heptathlon · Pentathlon Short Track
- Height
- 1.75 m
- Weight
- 64 kg
Brianne Theisen-Eaton, née Theisen, (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. Theisen-Eaton holds the Canadian record for the heptathlon with 6,808 points, as well as the indoor pentathlon with a score of 4768 points.
Theisen-Eaton is a heptathlon silver medallist from the 2013 World Championships and 2015 World Championships, as well as a pentathlon silver medalist from the 2014 World Indoor Championships. She is the first and only Canadian woman to podium in the multi-events at the World Championships. Theisen-Eaton won Commonwealth Games gold in the heptathlon at Glasgow 2014 and was the 2016 World Indoor Champion in the pentathlon.
She also won a bronze medal as part of the women's 4 x 400 m relay at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. A national junior champion in 2006, she took the heptathlon gold medal at the Pan American Junior Championships the following year. She enrolled at the University of Oregon and broke a number of school records in her first three years, winning back-to-back NCAA heptathlon titles in 2009 and 2010. She also won twice at the NCAA Indoor Championship, including a collegiate pentathlon record in 2011. She and her husband, Ashton Eaton, announced their retirement from track and field on 3 January 2017.
As of Nov 12, 2026: Heptathlon 6808 (#21 all-time), Pentathlon Short Track 4555, 2016 season best 6765 (May 29, 2016, Mösle-Stadium, Götzis (AUT)) · Last competition: The XXXI Olympic Games, Aug 13, 2016, 6.48 · Olympic Games: 1 bronze · World Championships: 2 silver · National record (Heptathlon) · 39 years old
Personal bests
WA points calculator →Medals
| Competitions | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| World Championships | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| Total | – | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Progression
| Season | Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | HJ | 1.86 | – | Aug 12, 2016 | The XXXI Olympic Games |
| 2016 | LJ | 6.56 | +0.2 | May 29, 2016 | Götzis Hypo-Meeting |
| 2016 | 60mH Indoor | 8.04 | – | Mar 18, 2016 | IAAF World Indoor Championships, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR (i) |
| 2016 | 60mH | 8.19 | – | Feb 20, 2016 | – |
| 2016 | 100mH | 12.93 | +0.5 | May 28, 2016 | Mösle-Stadium, Götzis (AUT) |
| 2016 | SP | 13.87 | – | Jul 8, 2016 | Edmonton (CAN) |
| 2016 | 200m | 23.33 | +1.3 | May 28, 2016 | Mösle-Stadium, Götzis (AUT) |
| 2016 | 300m Indoor | 37.47 | – | Feb 14, 2016 | Reggie Lewis Center, Boston, MA (USA) (i) |
