Danielle Beaubrun is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from the Caribbean

Caribbean

The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

 island nation of Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 620 km2 and has an...

. She swam for Saint Lucia at the 2008 Olympic Games

Saint Lucia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Saint Lucia sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The 2008 Saint Lucian team included four athletes that competed in two sports: swimming and athletics. Of these four athletes, Danielle Beaubrun, at age 18, was the youngest of the competitors...

, where she was the youngest member of the country's Olympic team.

Before 2008 Olympics

Danielle started her swimming career at the age of five with 'learn to swim' classes with the Sea Jays Swim Club, as she became more able, she started competing competitively, coached by her mother, Karen Beaubrun. Six years later, at the age of eleven, she began her training with the Cuban coach, Claribel Blanco with the Rodney Heights swim club. She remained here from March 2002 till December 2004. Her training was then taken over by the Brazilian, Cesar Bolzan.

Events and awards

In 2006, Beaubrun represented Saint Lucia in the Commonwealth Games

Aquatics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

The Aquatics events at the 2006 Commonwealth Games were held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre and were divided into 3 separate disciplines, with medals awarded in 54 events:*Diving *Swimming *Synchronized swimming...

 - Semifinalist in the 100 meters breaststroke
In the 2007 she was the only Saint Lucian swimmer to make qualifying times for the Pan American Games 2007. She made it into the semi finals and set a new St.Lucian Record for 100 meters breast stroke.


At the 2006 CAC Games

Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games

The swimming events at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games occurred July 17–22, 2006 at S.U. Pedro de Heredia Aquatic Complex in Cartagena, Colombia.-Participating countries:...

, she qualified for the 100 and 200 meters breaststroke and she came 4th overall in the 50 meter breaststroke.

In the 2005 CCCAN Championships

Central American and Caribbean Swimming Championships

The CCCAN Championships are a biennial aquatics championship for countries in Central America and the Caribbean. The name of the event comes from the event's organizers: the Central American & Caribbean Swimming Confederation, whose abbreviated name is CCCAN....

, in Santo Domingo, she won the silver medal for the 50m breaststoke, and at the 2003 CCCANs, in Mexico City she won the bronze for the same competition. At the 2009 meet, she won the 18&Over 200 breaststroke in a new St. Lucian Record (2:48.96), and also lowered her national mark in the 50 breaststroke (33.83).

In 2005, she was awarded St Lucias Junior Sportswoman of the Year.

She attended The Bolles School in Jacksonville Florida from 2006 to 2009 and will attend Florida Gulf Coast University from September 2009. On 2010 she was the flag bearer for Saint Lucia at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games

2010 Central American and Caribbean Games

The 21st Central American and Caribbean Games took place in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, from July 18, 2010 to August 1, 2010.-Bid:...

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