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Phil Brown
Personal information
Full namePhilip Andrew Brown
Born6 January 1962 (1962-01-06) (age 62)
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Sport
ClubBirchfield Harriers, Birmingham
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1984 Los Angeles 4x400 m relay
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1987 Rome 4x400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Helsinki 4x400 m relay
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1982 Brisbane 4x400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 1986 Edinburgh 4x400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Edinburgh 400 m

Philip Andrew Brown (born 6 January 1962) is a British retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

Athletics career

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Brown was a member of Birchfield Harriers and an exceptional anchor leg relay runner, anchoring the British team to a number of medals. Brown's career highlight came when he competed for Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay, where, in a dramatic final 100 m, he overtook Rick Mitchell of Australia and then Innocent Egbunike of Nigeria to claim the silver medal for Great Britain with his teammates Kriss Akabusi, Garry Cook and Todd Bennett. Brown's final leg time of 44.3 seconds resulted in a time of 2:59.13 which was a British and European record at the time and the first time a British team had bettered 3 minutes for the event.

The European Championships in 1982 saw the team, once again anchored by Brown, win the silver medal behind the West German team, in 3:00.68. At the Rome World Championships of 1987, he ran another excellent final leg in 44.3, which earned the team a silver medal in a European record time of 2:58.86.

He won an individual bronze medal and two team gold medals at the Commonwealth Games. He represented England and won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres event and finished sixth in the 400 metres, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[1] Four years later he represented England and won another gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres event, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. He also earned an individual bronze at the Games in the 400 metres.[2] A third and final Commonwealth appearance for England came at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand, where he competed in the 400 metres.[3][4]

Personal life

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Phil is now a conference speaker and was previously the Regional Director for The Duke of Edinburgh's Award in the Midlands. After this he became a student mentor at Hilton Spencer Academy.

References

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  1. ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
  2. ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
  3. ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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