Daniel Brown (rower)

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Daniel Brown
MBE
Personal information
Born (1982-11-29) 29 November 1982 (age 41)
Reading, Berkshire, Great Britain
Height195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Sport Adaptive rowing
Retired2020
Medal record
Adaptive rowing
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro LTAMix4+
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Amsterdam LTAMix4+
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Aiguebelette-le-Lac LTAMix4+
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Plovdiv PR3Mix4+

Daniel Brown MBE (born 29 November 1982) is a retired British pararower who competed at international-level events. He is a Paralympic champion, a triple world champion and a double world cup champion in the mixed coxed four with Grace Clough, Pam Relph, James Fox and Oliver James. [1]

Brown was a keen football and rugby league player when he was in his teenage years and played for Wokingham. He was involved in a car accident in 2003 which caused him to have life-changing injuries: he couldn't put weight on his ankle and he severed nerves in his left arm. [2] [3]

At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Brown took gold in the mixed coxed four alongside Pam Relph, Grace Clough, James Fox and Oliver James. [4]

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to rowing. [5]

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References

  1. "Daniel Brown MBE - British Rowing". British Rowing. 19 November 2020.
  2. "Daniel Brown - ParalympicsGB". ParalympicsGB. 19 November 2020. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018.
  3. "How Rowing Changed My Life - Dan Brown". British Rowing. 18 September 2019. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020.
  4. "Rio Paralympics: Rowing GOLD for Stevenage's Oliver James and GB team-mates". The Comet . Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  5. "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N16.