Aaron Brown (sprinter)
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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
27 May 1992 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Residence | Los Angeles, California, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | USC Trojans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) |
100 m: 9.96 (Montverde 2016) 200 m: 20.00 (Baton Rouge 2016) |
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Medal record
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Aaron Brown (born 27 May 1992) is a Canadian sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 meters. He won an Olympic bronze medal as part of Canada's 4 x 100 m relay team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Brown has also won two medals as part of Canada's relay teams in the 4 x 100 m at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships in Athletics.
Brown attended Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute until 2010, and has committed to the University of Southern California (USC) on a track scholarship. In 2009 Brown won the silver medal in the 100 m at the World Youth Championships in Brixen, Italy with a time of 10.74 into a headwind of 1.2 m/s. Prezel Hardy of the US took the gold and Giovanni Galbieri of Italy the bronze.
Following year, one which saw Brown suffer through several injuries, including in a dramatic 200 m final at the 2010 Ontario Federal Schools Athletics (OFSAA). One month later at the World Junior Championships Brown, after a disappointing fifth-place finish in the 100 m fought hard, clawing his way to a bronze-medal finish in front of the home crowd in the men's 200 m, in a personal-best time of 21 seconds flat. Shōta Iizuka of Japan took the gold in 20.67 seconds, with Aliaksandr Linnik of Belarus grabbing the silver in 20.89. Brown finished just 0.02 ahead of fourth-place Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa, who was clocked in 21.02.
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