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Brittany Brown (sprinter)

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Brittany Brown
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Brown in 2019
Personal information
Full nameBrittany Shamere Brown
NationalityAmerican
Born (1995-04-18) April 18, 1995 (age 31)
Fontana, California
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportTrack and field
Events
100 meters, 200 meters
College teamIowa Hawkeyes[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests100 m: 10.90 (Eugene, 2023)
200 m: 21.89 (New York, 2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2024 Paris200 m
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 Doha200 m
Diamond League
First place2024200 m
First place2025200 m
NACAC Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Freeport200 m

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[2] and the bronze medal in the 200m event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Career

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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.[3]

In 2020, Brown signed a contract with Adidas that took her through the 2024 US Olympic trials.[4]

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).[5]

At the 2023 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships, Brown placed second in the 100m with a personal best time of 10.90s,[6] 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.[7] 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.[4]

At the Paris 2024 Olympics, Brown secured a bronze medal with a time of 22.20 seconds in the women's 200 metres, finishing behind Gabby Thomas and Julien Alfred.[8] On September 27, 2024, Brown won the 200m at the inaugural Athlos meet, also placing second in the 100m.[9]

In December 2024, it was announced that she had signed up for the inaugural season of the Michael Johnson-founded Grand Slam Track.[10]

Athletics achievements

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Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[11]

Personal bests

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Type Distance Time (s) Wind (m/s) Venue Date Notes
Individual events
Indoor 60 metres 7.19 N/a Iowa City, United States 21 January 2023
200 metres sh 22.86 N/a College Station, United States 10 March 2017
300 metres sh 35.95 N/a New York, United States 23 February 2019
400 metres sh 53.76 N/a New York, United States 9 February 2019
Outdoor 100 metres 10.90 +0.7 Eugene, United States 7 July 2023
200 metres 21.89 +1.9 New York, United States 10 October 2025
300 metres 35.91 N/a Ostrava, Czech Republic 20 June 2019
400 metres 51.15 N/a Gainesville, United States 15 April 2023
Team events
Outdoor 4 × 100 metres relay 42.12 N/a Austin, United States 1 April 2023
4 × 200 metres relay 1:30.65 N/a Austin, United States 26 March 2022
4 × 400 metres relay 3:24.82 N/a Austin, United States 1 April 2023

International competitions

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Representing the  United States
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
2018 NACAC Championships Toronto, Canada 7th 200 m 23.46
2019 The Match Europe v USA Minsk, Belarus 1st 200 m 22.61
World Championships Doha, Qatar 2nd 200 m 22.22 PB
2022 NACAC Championships Freeport, The Bahamas 1st 200 m 22.35 CR
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 7th 100 m 10.97
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 3rd 200 m 22.20
2025 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 6th 200 m 22.54

National championships and competitions

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
2013 USATF Junior Olympics Greensboro, North Carolina 1st 100 m 11.61
2014 NCAA Division I Championships Eugene, Oregon 11th (h) 200 m 23.35
16th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 45.02
USA Junior Championships Eugene, Oregon 6th 100 m 11.58
3rd 200 m 23.10
2015 NCAA Division I Championships Eugene, Oregon 17th (h) 200 m 23.19
2017 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships College Station, Texas 5th 200 m sh 22.92
NCAA Division I Championships Eugene, Oregon 7th 200 m 23.02
USA Championships Sacramento, California 15th (sf) 200 m 23.40
2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships College Station, Texas 10th (h) 200 m sh 23.16
9th 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.19 SB
NCAA Division I Championships Eugene, Oregon 23rd (sf) 100 m 11.51
14th (sf) 200 m 22.89
USA Championships Des Moines, Iowa 5th 200 m 23.08
2019 USA Indoor Championships New York, United States 1st 300 m sh 35.95 CR
USA Championships Des Moines, Iowa 2nd 200 m 22.61
2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Eugene, Oregon 15th (sf) 200 m 22.97
2022 USA Championships Eugene, Oregon 8th 100 m 11.04
5th 200 m 22.22
2023 USA Indoor Championships Albuquerque, New Mexico 8th 60 m 7.21
USA Championships Eugene, Oregon 2nd 100 m 10.90
2024 U.S. Olympic Trials Eugene, Oregon 2nd 200 m 21.90
2025 USA Championships Eugene, Oregon 4th 200 m 22.20
2026 USA Championships New York, United States 16th (sf) 100 m 11.25 SB

References

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  1. ↑ "Brittany Brown". University of Iowa Athletics. April 10, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Women's 200 metres – Final" (PDF). 2019 World Athletics Championships. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 3, 2019.
  3. ↑ "200 Metres Result". World Athletics. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  4. 1 2 Chavez, Chris (July 18, 2024). "Q&A: Brittany Brown Signs With Nike Ahead Of Olympic Debut". Citius Mag. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  5. ↑ "NACAC Day 3 – USA dominate, but Jamaican drops 19.8". NACAC Athletics. August 22, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Results".
  7. ↑ Pinelli, Brian (May 31, 2024). "KC LIGHTFOOT, BRITTANY BROWN OVERCOME CHALLENGES FOR BISLETT GAMES VICTORIES". Team USA. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Women's 200m Final Results". olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Brittany Brown leads Athlos NYC women's track meet winners". NBC Sports. September 27, 2024. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Grand Slam Track Announces Final Five Racers For 2025 Season". FloTrack. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Brittany BROWN". World Athletics. Retrieved October 2, 2026.
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