Joselyn Brea

Joselyn Daniely Brea Abreu 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.

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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 run 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

Surface	Event	Time	Venue	Date	Notes
Indoor track	3000m	9:04.67	Sabadell, Spain	8 February 2022	NR
Outdoor track	1500m	4:05.78	Atlanta, US	31 May 2024
Outdoor track	One mile	4:27.41	Monaco	21 July 2023	AR
Outdoor track	3000m	8:43.26	Chorzów, Poland	16 July 2023	AR
Outdoor track	5000m	14:36.59	Los Angeles	17 May 2024	AR
Outdoor track	10,000m	34:10.63	Maia, Portugal	9 April 2016
Outdoor track	3000m steeplechase	10:21.93	Palencia, Spain	9 July 2016	NR
Road	10k	32:05	Valencia, Spain	15 January 2023
Road	Half marathon	1:13:25	Caracas, Venezuela	19 March 2023

Track and field championship results
Taken from IAAF profile

Year	Meet	Venue	Event	Place	Time
2016	Spanish Athletics Championships	Las Mestas Sports Complex Gijón, Spain	5000m	4th	16:13.80
2020	Spanish Athletics Championships	Estadio de Vallehermoso Madrid, Spain	5000m	OC	16:12.54
2021	Venezuelan Athletics Championships	Barinas, Venezuela	1500m	1st	4:12.92
2021	Venezuelan Athletics Championships	Barinas, Venezuela	5000m	1st	15:21.41
2021	South American Championships	Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera Guayaquil, Ecuador	1500m	1st	4:15.05
2021	South American Championships	Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera Guayaquil, Ecuador	5000m	3rd	15:48.24
2022	Ibero-American Championships	Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano Torrevieja, Spain	5000m	1st	16:08.83
2022	World Athletics Championships	Hayward Field Eugene, United States	5000m	H2 16th	15:46.75
2022	South American Games	Luque, Paraguay	1500m	4th	4:16.64
2022	South American Games	Luque, Paraguay	5000m	2nd	15:42.70
2023	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	1500m	1st	4:10.39 GR
2023	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	5000m	1st	15:10.60
2023	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	Half marathon	1st	1:15:04
2023	World Athletics Championships	National Athletics Centre Budapest, Hungary	5000m	H2 10th	15:11.16
2023	Pan American Games	Julio Martínez National Stadium, Chile	5000m	1st	16:04.12

Triathlon championship results
Taken from World Triathlon profile

Year	Race	Venue	Distance	Place	Time
2020	Spanish Triathlon National Championships	Pontevedra, Spain	Sprint	10th	1:03:22
2019	Triathlon West Asian Championships	Bahrain, Bahrain	Sprint	1st	1:05:28
2019	Spanish Triathlon National Championships	A Coruña, Spain	Olympic	6th	2:04:59
2018	ETU Triathlon European Cup	Valencia, Spain	Olympic	8th	2:01:54
2018	ETU Sprint Triathlon European Cup	Gran Canaria, Spain	Sprint	19th	1:07:00
2017	ITU Triathlon World Cup	Huelva, Spain	Olympic	16th	2:07:08
2017	ETU Triathlon European Cup and Mediterranean Championships	Altafulla, Spain	Sprint	13th	1:07:16

Duathlon championship results
Taken from World Triathlon profile

Year	Race	Venue	Distance	Place	Time
2022	World Games	Birmingham, USA	Standard	3rd	2:02:42
2022	World Triathlon Duathlon Championships	Târgu Mureș, Romania	Standard	1st	1:54:30
2022	Spanish Duathlon National Championships	Avilés, Spain	Sprint	1st	57:15
2021	World Triathlon Duathlon Championships	Avilés, Spain	Standard	1st	2:00:19
2020	ITU Triathlon World Cup	Valencia, Spain	Sprint	30th	1:03:56
2020	Spanish Duathlon National Championships	Soria, Spain	Sprint	4th	1:01:16
2020	ETU Duathlon European Championships	Punta Umbria, Spain	Sprint	3rd	1:00:01

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.