Jonathan Brownlee

Early life Brownlee was educated at Bradford Grammar School before attending the University of Leeds, where he studied history. He swam for Aireborough Swimming club and still holds the record for the A&W boys 9/10 yrs 2 lengths backstroke, which was set in 2000. He is a member of the Bingley Harriers and is coached by Malcolm Brown and Jack Maitland at the British Triathlon Federation's High Performance Centre, based at Leeds Metropolitan University's Carnegie Centre. Jonny is the joint record holder (with his brother Alistair) for most wins in the Chevin Chase with 5 wins - Jonny won the Chevin Chase in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2016.

His father Keith was a runner, while his mother Cathy was a swimmer. His older brother Alistair Brownlee holds two Olympic titles in the triathlon event (2012, 2016), and is a two-time Triathlon World Champion (2009, 2011). His younger brother Edward is also a keen sportsman, but prefers rugby and water polo over the triathlon.

Brownlee was the British youth champion in both the triathlon and duathlon in 2006 and 2007. In 2008, he won bronze medals at both the ETU European Junior Triathlon Championships and ITU World Junior Championships, and placed 17th in his ITU World Championship Series début event in Kitzbühel. During the 2009 season, he also won gold in the triathlon at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival and competed in two races in the 2009 ITU World Championship Series, finishing 13th in Kitzbühel and 27th in London.

Despite a 15-second penalty, Jonathan took the bronze medal in the Triathlon event at the London 2012 Olympic Games, his brother Alistair taking gold.

He took gold in the mixed triathlon team relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, with his brother Alistair, Vicky Holland and Jodie Stimpson.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Brownlee took the second-leg of the inaugural triathlon mixed relay, with Jessica Learmonth, Georgia Taylor-Brown and Alex Yee, and took the gold medal in a time of 1:23:41. Brownlee also finished 3rd in the 2021 Super League Triathlon Championship Series.

ITU competitions In the five years from 2006 to 2010, Jonathan Brownlee took part in 23 ITU competitions and achieved 14 top ten positions, winning five gold medals.

The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the Athlete's Profile Page. Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and belong to the Elite category.

Date Competition Place Rank 30 July 2006 European Cup (Junior) Salford 2 September 2006 World Championships (Junior) Lausanne DNF 19 May 2007 Duathlon World Championships (Junior) Győr 9 16 June 2007 Duathlon European Championships (Junior) Edinburgh DNS 29 June 2007 European Championships (Junior) Copenhagen 5 30 August 2007 BG World Championships (Junior) Hamburg 15 10 May 2008 European Championships (Junior) Lisbon 5 June 2008 BG World Championships (Junior) Vancouver 20 July 2008 BG World Cup Kitzbühel 17 6 September 2008 European Championships (U23) Pulpí 10 27 September 2008 Duathlon World Championships (Junior) Rimini 13 14 January 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival Sydney 20 June 2009 European Cup (Junior) Tarzo Revine 2 July 2009 European Championships (Junior) Holten 11 July 2009 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbühel 13 15 August 2009 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 26 9 September 2009 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: World Championships (Junior) Gold Coast 5 June 2010 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid 28 3 July 2010 European Championships Athlone 38 25 July 2010 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 21 August 2010 Sprint World Championships Lausanne 28 August 2010 European Championships (U23) Vila Nova de Gaia (Porto) 8 September 2010 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: World Championships (U23) Budapest

Key: BG = British Gas (the sponsor); DNF = Did not finish; DNS = Did not start; U23 = Under 23