Phil Brown (sprinter)

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Philip Andrew Brown (born 6 January 1962) is a British retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres and participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Phil Brown

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	6 January 1962 (1962-01-06) (age 63) Birmingham, England
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprints/400m
Club	Birchfield Harriers
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles 4x400 m relay World Championships 1987 Rome 4x400 m relay 1983 Helsinki 4x400 m relay Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1982 Brisbane 4x400 m relay 1986 Edinburgh 4x400 m relay 1986 Edinburgh 400 m

Biography

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 Olympics Games 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.^[2]

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, Australia.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5][6]

Brown became the British 400 metres champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1989 AAA Championships.^[7][8]

Personal life

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.^{[citation needed]}