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Born | Truro, England | 10 October 1984||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paratriathlon Paracycling Paraclimbing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fran Brown (born 10 October 1984)[ citation needed ] is a British para-athlete across multiple disciplines. She is a nine-time world champion in paracycling from the 2022, 2023 and 2024 UCI Para-cycling World Championships in the C1 classification, across road and track events, a two-time former paraclimbing Lead world champion from 2012, and the 2019 PTS2 world and three-time European champion in paratriathlon. She won her first Paralympic Games medal, a silver in the combined road time trial for C1, 2 and 3 athletes, in 2024.
Brown grew up in Cornwall, [1] [2] attending Truro School. [3] She studied lighting technology at Cardiff University and worked as deputy chief electrician for stage theatre productions in London. [1] While at work, Brown suffered a 16-foot fall, dislocating three vertebrae in her neck. [1]
Brown, who had climbed as a child, returned to the sport after her injury. [1] [2] In 2012, she became the paraclimbing world champion, the first British person to hold the title. [1]
In 2018, Brown won the silver medal in her category at the ITU World Championships. [4] In 2019, she became the paratriathlon world champion and European champion in the PTS2 category. [5] [6] [7]
Brown's competition results are listed below. [7] Unless indicated otherwise, the competitions are paratriathlons.
Date | Competition | Rank |
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2023-08-12 | UCI Para Cycling World Championships Glasgow 2023 | 5x gold 1x silver |
2022-08-04 | UCI Para Cycling Road World Championships Bae Comeau Canada 2022 | C1 TT gold RR gold |
2019-09-14 | Valencia ETU Paratriathlon European Championships | 1 [5] |
2019-09-01 | ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Lausanne | 1 |
2019-08-17 | Tokyo ITU Paratriathlon World Cup | 2 |
2019-06-28 | Groupe Copley World Paratriathlon Series Montreal | DNS |
2019-05-18 | Yokohama ITU World Paratriathlon Series | 2 |
2018-09-15 | ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Gold Coast | 2 |
2018-07-19 | Tartu ETU Triathlon European Championships | 1 |
2018-06-30 | Iseo - Franciacorta ITU World Paratriathlon Series | 2 |
2018-05-12 | Yokohama ITU World Paratriathlon Series | 3 |
2017-09-15 | ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam | 3 |
2017-07-28 | Edmonton ITU World Paratriathlon Series | 3 |
2017-06-16 | Kitzbuhel ETU Triathlon European Championships | 2 |
2016-08-14 | GBR Paratriathlon National Championships | 1 |
DNF = Did not finish
DNS = Did not start
DSQ = Disqualified
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