Nathan Brannen

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Nathan Brannen
Nathan Brannen Berlin 2009 (cropped).jpg
Brannen at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin
Personal information
Born (1982-09-08) 8 September 1982 (age 42)
Cambridge, Ontario [1]
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight130 lb (59 kg)
Sport
Sport Track
Event 1500 metres
College team Michigan
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800m: 1:46.00 [2]
1500m: 3:34.22 [2]
Mile: 3:52.63 [2]
Medal record
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Men's athletics
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Melbourne 1500 m
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Toronto 1500 m

Nathan "Nate" Brannen (born 8 September 1982) is a Canadian retired middle-distance runner from Cambridge, Ontario, who competed at three Summer Olympics: 2008, 2012 and 2016. Brannen is a graduate of the University of Michigan.

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He is affiliated with the Phoenix Athletics Association of Ontario. [1]

Brannen is currently the Cross Country head coach at St. Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio. [3]

Running career

As an 18-year-old student at Preston High School in his hometown of Cambridge, Ontario, Brannen became only the seventh sub-four-minute high school mile recorder in the history of North America, at the 2001 Aileen Meagher Track Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia. [4] [5] Originally, Brannen intended to join University of Arkansas and their prestigious track program [6] but ended up being recruited by University of Michigan, in the same recruiting class as Alan Webb.

In July 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team. [7] He finished 10th in the finals of the 1,500m in Rio.

Personal bests

EventBestLocationDate
800 metres 1:46.00Baton Rouge, LA, United States31 May 2002
1000 metres 2:16.52Linz, Austria20 August 2012
1500 metres 3:34.22Hengelo, Netherlands27 May 2012
Mile 3:52.63Eugene, OR, United States7 June 2009
2000 metres 4:59.56Toronto, ON, Canada11 July 2013
3000 metres 7:48.98London, England27 July 2013
5000 metres 13:43.19Palo Alto, CA, United States31 March 2007

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References

  1. 1 2 "Nathan Brannen Profile". Athletics Canada. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 All-Athletics. "Profile of Nathan Brannen".
  3. ↑ SEHS. "Cross Country".
  4. ↑ Brannen, Nathan (27 June 2018). "Only 1,497 humans have ever broken the 4-minute mile — and I'm one of them". CBC Sports. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  5. ↑ Bigten.org. "Brannen Finds Motivation in Broken Bones and Broken Dreams". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  6. ↑ Kellsall, Christopher (May 10, 2012). "Nate Brannen-Interview-A Goal of 3:35.50".
  7. ↑ Hossain, Asif (11 July 2016). "Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio". Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  8. ↑ IAAF Profile for Nathan Brannen
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