Stephen Brown (born January 6, 1969) is a retired athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 110 metres hurdles. He represented his birth country United States until 1997.
Brown attended the Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he was a member of both the football and track teams. He won four Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) track titles, including two in the 110 meter outdoor hurdles, and was a four-year starter in football, recording 122 career receptions. Brown was inducted into the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame in 2009, and was also named to the ACC's 50th Anniversary Men's Outdoor Track and Field team.
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1988 | World Junior Championships | Sudbury, Canada | 2nd | 110 m h | 13.73 w(wind: +3.0 m/s) |
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1998 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 2nd | 110 m h | 13.56 |
4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.65 | |||
Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lampur, Malaysia | 2nd | 110 m h | 13.48 | |
1999 | Pan American Games | Winnipeg, Canada | 5th | 110 m h | 13.53 |
5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.89 | |||
World Championships | Seville, Spain | 25th (qf) | 110 m h | 13.62 | |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 30th (qf) | 110 m h | 14.12 |
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