Brittany Brown (sprinter)

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Brittany Brown
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Brown in 2019
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1995-04-18) April 18, 1995 (age 29)
Sport
CountryUnited States
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 100 metres, 200 metres
College team Iowa Hawkeyes [1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m: 10.90 (Eugene, 2023)
200 m: 21.90 (Eugene, 2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Doha 200 m

Brittany Brown (born April 18, 1995) is an American sprinter. She won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships in the 200 m event. [2] Attending Claremont High School she set the all time 100m school record with a time of 11.49w s (+2.2w) and the wind legal school record of 11.59 s (+1.7) both of which still stand. Going alongside her 100m school records she also set the all time 200m record with a time of 23.68w s (+3.1w) and the wind legal record of 23.79 s(+0.6).

Brown won the 300m event at the 2019 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in a championship record of 35.95 s. In 2022 she won the 200m at the NACAC Championships, held at the Grand Bahama Sports Complex, Freeport, Bahamas, in 22.35 s (0.3).

At the 2023 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships, Brown placed second in the 100m with a personal best time of 10.90, [3] thus qualifying her for the 2023 World Athletics Championships where she made the final, finishing 7th.

At the 2024 USATF Olympic Trials in Eugene, she placed 2nd in the 200m in a new personal best of 21.90 (0.6 m/s wind), behind Gabby Thomas and just ahead of McKenzie Long, to qualify for her maiden Olympic Games in Paris.

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References

  1. "Brittany Brown". University of Iowa Athletics. April 10, 2020.
  2. "Women's 200 metres – Final" (PDF). 2019 World Athletics Championships. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 3, 2019.
  3. "Results".

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