Phil Brown (sprinter)

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

Phil Brown

Personal information
Full name	Philip Andrew Brown
Born	6 January 1962 (1962-01-06) (age 62) Birmingham, Warwickshire
Sport
Club	Birchfield Harriers, Birmingham
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

Athletics career

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. 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. 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.

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.

External links

• Phil Brown at World Athletics
• Phil Brown at Olympics.com
• Phil Brown at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)