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.
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.
phil, brown, sprinter, other, people, named, phil, brown, phil, brown, philip, phil, andrew, brown, born, january, 1962, birmingham, warwickshire, british, retired, athlete, competed, mainly, metres, phil, brownpersonal, informationfull, namephilip, andrew, br. For other people named Phil Brown see Phil Brown Philip Phil Andrew Brown born 6 January 1962 in Birmingham Warwickshire is a British retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres Phil BrownPersonal informationFull namePhilip Andrew BrownBorn6 January 1962 1962 01 06 age 61 Birmingham WarwickshireSportClubBirchfield Harriers BirminghamMedal record Men s athleticsRepresenting Great BritainOlympic Games1984 Los Angeles 4x400 m relayWorld Championships1987 Rome 4x400 m relay1983 Helsinki 4x400 m relayRepresenting EnglandCommonwealth Games1982 Brisbane 4x400 m relay1986 Edinburgh 4x400 m relay1986 Edinburgh 400 m Contents 1 Athletics career 2 Personal life 3 References 4 External linksAthletics career EditBrown 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 EditPhil 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 Edit 1982 Athletes Team England 1986 Athletes Team England 1990 Athletes Team England Athletes and results Commonwealth Games Federation External links EditPhil Brown at World Athletics Phil Brown at the International Olympic Committee Phil Brown at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Phil Brown sprinter amp oldid 1140453560, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
