Jonny Brownlee

Jonathan Brownlee

Brownlee in 2011
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Jonny
Born	(1990-04-30) 30 April 1990[1] Bramhope, West Yorkshire, England[1]
Residence	Leeds, West Yorkshire, England[1]
Education	Bradford Grammar School University of Leeds
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Triathlon
Club	Bingley Harriers[3] Leeds Metropolitan University[4]
Coached by	Malcolm Brown[1] Jack Maitland[1]
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Triathlon 2012 London Triathlon ITU Triathlon World Championships 2010 Lausanne Sprint 2010 Budapest Under23 2011 Lausanne Sprint 2011 Lausanne Team 2012 Auckland Elite 2012 Stockholm Team 2014 Hamburg Team 2011 Beijing Elite 2013 London Elite 2016 Cozumel Elite 2008 Vancouver Junior ETU Triathlon European Championships 2009 Holten Junior 2010 Porto U23 2011 Pontevedra Elite 2008 Lisbon Junior Representing  England Men's triathlon Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014 Mixed team relay Glasgow 2014 Men's race

Jonathan Callum Brownlee^[5] (born 30 April 1990) is an English professional duathlete and triathlete. He was the 2012 Triathlon World Champion, and the silver medalist in 2013 and 2016.

Brownlee is also a two-time, and the reigning, World Sprint Triathlon Champion and is the former Under 23 Triathlon World Champion (2010). Brownlee won the bronze medal in the Olympic triathlon at the London 2012 Olympic Games and the silver medal in the Olympics triathlon at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. His brother, Alistair Brownlee, is also a triathlon champion, having won the gold medal at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.

Early years

Jonathan was educated at Bradford Grammar School before attending the University of Leeds, where he studied history.^[6][7] He used to swim for Aireborough Swimming club and still holds the record for the A&W boys 9/10 yrs 2 lengths backstroke, which was set in 2000. He is a member of the Bingley Harriers and is coached by Malcolm Brown and Jack Maitland at the British Triathlon Federation's High Performance Centre, based at Leeds Metropolitan University's Carnegie Centre.

Jonathan's father Keith was a runner, while his mother Cathy was a swimmer.^[8] He older brother Alistair Brownlee won the 2009 ITU Triathlon World Championships and the 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series, and Edward Brownlee, his younger brother, is a promising schoolboy swimmer and runner.^[9]

Jonathan Brownlee was the British youth champion in both triathlon and duathlon in both 2006 and 2007.^[1] In 2008 he won bronze medals at both the ETU European Junior Triathlon Championships and ITU World Junior Championships, and placed 17th in his ITU World Championship Series début event in Kitzbühel.^[10][11] During the 2009 season he also won gold in the triathlon at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival and competed in two races in the 2009 ITU World Championship Series, finishing 13th in Kitzbühel and 27th in London.^[10][11]

In 2010, Jonathan Brownlee represented the French club ECS Triathlon and took part in the prestigious French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux, also called Grand Prix. In Dunkirk, at the first triathlon of this circuit, Jonathan Brownlee won the gold medal in the individual ranking and thanks to him EC Sartrouville could win the silver medal.^[12]

Despite a 15-second penalty, he took Bronze in the Triathlon event at the London 2012 Olympic Games, his brother taking the Gold.

Brownlee took gold in the mixed triathlon team relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, with brother Alistair, Vicky Holland and Jodie Stimpson.^[13]

ITU competitions

In the five years from 2006 to 2010, Jonathan Brownlee took part in 22 ITU competitions and achieved 14 top ten positions, among which were 5 gold medals.

The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the Athlete's Profile Page.^[14] Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and belong to the Elite category.

BG = the sponsor British Gas · DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start

Gallery

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  Brownlee at the 2010 Grand Prix triathlon in Dunkirk
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  Brownlee one day before the European Triathlon Elite Championships in Pontevedra, 2011.
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  Jonathan and Alistair Brownlee at the French Club Championship Series triathlon in Paris, 2011.
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  Jonathan and Alistair Brownlee at the French Club Championship Series triathlon in Paris, 2011.
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  Jonathan and Alistair Brownlee at the French Club Championship Series triathlon in Paris, 2011.
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  Jonathan and Alistair Brownlee at the French Club Championship Series triathlon in Paris, 2011.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jonathan Brownlee.

• Profile at British Triathlon
• Jonathan Brownlee's profile at Boardman Bikes
• Jonathan Brownlee's International Triathlon Union profile
• Jonathan Brownlee's profile at the University of Leeds Olympic Programme