Julia Greville

{{Short description|Australian swimmer (born 1979)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}

{{BLP sources|date=April 2012}}

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Julia Greville

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| fullname = Julia Emma Greville

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| national_team = {{AUS}}

| strokes = Freestyle

| club = City of Perth Swim Club

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|2|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Perth, Western Australia

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| height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|67|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | Australia}}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze | 1996 Atlanta | 4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalBronze | 1998 Perth | 200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze | 1998 Perth | 4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalBronze | 1997 Gothenburg | 4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan Pacific Championships}}

{{MedalSilver | 1995 Atlanta | 4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | 4×200 m freestyle}}

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Julia Emma Greville (born 18 February 1979) is an Australian middle-distance freestyle swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Coming from Perth, Western Australia, Greville emerged onto the scene in 1995, winning the 200-metre freestyle at the Australian Championships and going on to win a silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the 1995 Pan Pacific Championships in Atlanta, Georgia. At the Atlanta Olympics the following year, Greville reached the final of the 200-metre freestyle, as well as collecting a bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, alongside Susie O'Neill, Nicole Stevenson and Emma Johnson.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081249/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/julia-greville-1.html Olympic results]

Greville's emergence was complete when she claimed a bronze medal in the 200-metre freestyle at the 1998 FINA World Championships in Perth, as well as the relay event. However, aside from a relay gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, she failed to medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

In 1999, Greville sustained a shoulder injury from a car accident.[http://www.swimnews.com/News/view/131 Swim News] Due to this injury, Greville withdrew from the 1999 Pan Pacific Games in order to surgically repair her shoulder. Five weeks from Olympic Trials Greville's shoulder failed. Greville swam trials with an injured shoulder missing selection for the 2000 Summer Olympics.