Joselyn Brea

Joselyn Daniely Brea Abreu (born 12 August 1994) 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.

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 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

Track and field championship results

Taken from IAAF profile

Duathlon championship results

Taken from World Triathlon profile

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.