Jon Brown

Jon Brown

Jon Brown (born February 27, 1971, in Bridgend, Wales) is a former British athlete, now representing Canada. He specialises in the Marathon.

Between 1996 and 2007 he represented the United Kingdom, however he changed changed his allegiance to Canada in October 2007, after his British lottery funding was cut due to his age and history of injuries. He is a former European Cross Country champion and three-time Olympian; who placed 4th in two successive Olympic Games whilst representing the United Kingdom.

He participated in the 2000 Sydney Olympics in that discipline where he placed fourth and also in the 2004 Athens Olympics, where he was again fourth in the marathon. In the former race he missed 3rd place by 7 seconds and in the latter by 15 seconds. He gained Canadian citizenship in 2005, after living in Victoria, Canada since 1996; but continued to make himself available for Britain until late 2007.

Earlier in his running career he competed for the Iowa State Cyclones Track and Field and Iowa State Cyclones Cross Country Teams. Here he achieved great success and became a NCAA Champion.He holds the UK record over 10,000m of 27:18.14, set in Brussels in 1998. He lives mostly in Victoria, Canada.

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