Kevin Brown (discus thrower)

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Kevin Brown
Personal information
NationalityJamaican/English
Born (1964-09-10) 10 September 1964 (age 60)
Jamaica
Website https://kevinbrownathlete.com/
Sport
SportDiscus

Kevin Dave Brown (born 1964) is a former discus athlete who competed for England and Jamaica. [1]

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Athletics career

Brown was English national champion after winning the 1994 AAA Championships.

He represented England in the discus event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. [2] [3] [4] Eight years later he represented Jamaica in the 2002 Commonwealth Games. [5]

Truck pulling

In 2020, Brown broke a world record in truck pulling, dragging a two-ton Range Rover 69 metres in 45.58 seconds. He made the attempt in the memory of a friend who had died of cancer. [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ "IAAF Profile". IAAF.
  2. ↑ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
  3. ↑ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ↑ Archer-Fox, Megan (31 October 2020). "Former discus champion claims world record in Black Country in memory of friend". Express & Star . Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  7. ↑ Leach, Harry (22 October 2020). "Commonwealth athlete and strongman sets Land Rover pulling record in memory of former Stoke Prior teacher". Bromsgrove Standard. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
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