Brown at the 2010 Bay Classic Series
|
|
Personal information | |
---|---|
Full name | Graeme Allen Brown |
Nickname | Brownie |
Born |
Darwin, Australia |
9 April 1979
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Drapac–Pat's Veg |
Discipline | Road and Track |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Amateur team(s) | |
Randwick Botany Cycling Club | |
Professional team(s) | |
2002–2005 | Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo |
2006–2014 | Rabobank |
2015- | Drapac–Pat's Veg |
Medal record
|
Graeme Allen Brown OAM (born 9 April 1979 in Darwin, Northern Territory) is a professional cyclist and dual Olympic gold medallist from Australia. He currently rides for UCI Pro Continental team Drapac–Pat's Veg.
Brown is a member of Drapac–Pat's Veg, which is an Australian UCI Professional Continental cycling team, and also of the Randwick Botany Cycling Club.
Brown's greatest success as a road cyclist has been in the Tour de Langkawi in Malaysia, including a record breaking 5 stage wins in 2005 and winning the Points Classification in 2003 and 2005.
As a track cyclist he won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens as a member of the team pursuit (with Bradley McGee, Brett Lancaster, and Luke Roberts) in world record breaking time of 3:58.233. He also won a gold medal with Stuart O'Grady for the Madison event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester he won two gold medals: for the Team pursuit, and the Scratch Race.