Lascelles Brown

Lascelles Brown AKA King (born October 12, 1974 in Clarendon, Jamaica) is a Jamacian-born Canadian bobsledder who has competed since 1999 (Canada since 2004). Competing in two Winter Olympics, he is the first Jamacian-born athlete to win a Winter Olympic medal.

Brown was a member of the Jamaica national bobsled team from 1999 to 2004, competing at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, as a brakeman for Winston Watt. The Jamaican duo set the track push record during those games. He continued training for bobsleigh at Calgary's Canada Olympic Park, where he met and married his wife, Kara, a Canadian. As of 2006, they have two daughters together.

He applied for Canadian citizenship on July 28, 2005; it was awarded to him by special exemption just prior to the 2006 Winter Olympics, enabling him to compete for Canada at the games in Turin.

Bobsleigh Canada coach Gerd Grimme described Brown as one of the top three brakesmen in the world, along with Beat Hefti of Switzerland and Germany's Kevin Kuske.

Results

In the 2004-2005 season, Pierre Lueders and Brown won a world title, four World Cup victories and several other podium finishes.

In the 2006 Olympic Games, Lueders and Brown won a silver medal in the two-man event. Brown also has a complete set of medals at the FIBT World Championships with gold in the two-man event (2005), a silver in the four-man event (2007) and a bronze in the four-man event (2005).

References

* [http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/IDF/ATH/600044.html 2006 Turin profile]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mo-2.html Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mw-2.html Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/stories/newsmaker.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/19/Sports/brown_newsmaker.html CBC February 20, 2006 article on Brown's silver medal.]
* [http://www.sportresult.com/sports/bs/db/biography.asp?p_id=100069&nat=&sport=&sex=&season=&stat=&venue=&events= FIBT profile]
* [http://www.bobsleigh.com/results/2006-2007/Men%27s%20Bobsleigh/World%20Cup%20PDF/St.%20Moritz_final%20result%204manbob.pdf FIBT World Championships 2007 four-man results]
* [http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/html/20060124T200000-0500_97281_OBS_JAMAICAN_BOBSLEDDER_TO_COMPETE_FOR_CANADA_.asp "The Jamacian Observer" January 25, 2006 article on Brown competing for Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics.]
* [http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/5118628/detail.html NBCOlympics.com profile]
* [http://www.nbcolympics.com/bobsled_2man/5119462/detail.html NBCOlympics.com story on Brown's silver medal at Turin]
* [http://www.realchampions.ca/athletes/jaffi1 Real Champions profile]
* [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/torino/sliding/2006-02-23-jamaica-brazil-bobsled_x.htm "USA Today" February 23, 2006 article on Brown's silver medal.]