 Brown in 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1943or1944(age 79–80) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 228 lb (103 kg) [1] [lower-alpha 1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para-athletics Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Polio [2] [lower-alpha 2] | |||||||||||||||||
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Jon Brown (born 1943/1944) [3] [lower-alpha 3] is an American paralympic athlete and weightlifter. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Paralympics.
Brown was a watch repairman. [4]
Brown competed at the 1972 Summer Paralympics, winning the silver medal in the men's heavyweight event. [5] He then competed at the 1976 Summer Paralympics, winning the gold medal in the same event. [6]
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