About Brittany Brown
Born 1995. Brittany Brown is an American athletics competitor.
Brittany Shamere Brown (born April 18, 1995) is an American sprinter. She won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships in the 200m event and the bronze medal in the 200m event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Career Attending Claremont High School, she set the all time 100m school record with a time of 11.49s (+2.2w) and the wind legal school record of 11.59s (+1.7) both of which still stand. She also set the all-time 200m record with a time of 23.68s (+3.1w) and the wind legal record of 23.79s (+0.6).
In 2019, Brown won the 300m event at the US Indoor Championships in a championship record of 35.95s. After finishing second in the 200m at the US Championships, she was selected for the 200m at the World Championships, where she won the silver medal in the final, recording a personal best time of 22.22s, finishing behind Dina Asher-Smith.
In 2020, Brown signed a contract with Adidas that took her through the 2024 US Olympic trials.
In 2022, she set new PBs in both the 100m and 200m, with 10.96s and 21.99, respectively. Brown won the 200m at the NACAC Championships, held in Freeport, Bahamas, in 22.35s (0.3).
At the 2023 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships, Brown placed second in the 100m with a personal best time of 10.90s, thus qualifying her for the 2023 World Athletics Championships, where she made the final, finishing 7th.
Brown won her first Diamond League meeting at the 2024 Bislett Games, running 22.32 from lane eight. At the 2024 USATF Olympic trials in Eugene, she placed 2nd in the 200m, in a new personal best of 21.90s (0.6 m/s wind), behind Gabby Thomas and just ahead of McKenzie Long, to qualify for her maiden Olympic Games in Paris.
On July 18, 2024, Brown announced that she had signed a contract with Nike. On September 27, 2024, Brown won the 200m at the inaugural Athlos meet, also placing second in the 100m.
In December 2024, it was announced that she had signed up for the inaugural season of the Michael Johnson-founded Grand Slam Track.
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Who is Brittany Brown?
American sprinter
When was Brittany Brown born?
Brittany Brown was born on 18 April 1995 in Fontana.
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Brittany Brown is an athletics competitor.
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Brittany Brown is American.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Brittany Brown (sprinter)
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