Jon Brown

Who is Jon Brown?

Jonathan Michael Brown is a former British athlete. He specialised in 10000m, cross country, road and the marathon.

Between 1996 and 2007 Brown represented Great Britain, however he changed his allegiance to Canada in October 2007. He is a former European Cross Country champion and three-time Olympian; who placed 4th in two successive Olympic Games whilst representing Great Britain.

Brown participated in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic 10000m where he placed 10th followed by the marathon at 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 there 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.

Jon Brown now lives in Cambridge, New Zealand where he holds the position of New Zealand Triathlon high performance coach.