Fran Brown (born 10 October 1984)[citation needed] is a British para-athlete across multiple disciplines. She is a nine-time world champion in paracycling from the 2022, 2023 and 2024 UCI Para-cycling World Championships in the C1 classification, across road and track events, a two-time former paraclimbing Lead world champion from 2012, and the 2019 PTS2 world and three-time European champion in paratriathlon. She won her first Paralympic Games medal, a silver in the combined road time trial for C1, 2 and 3 athletes, in 2024.
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| Born | 10 October 1984 Truro, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paratriathlon Paracycling Paraclimbing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editBrown grew up in Cornwall,[1][2] attending Truro School.[3] She studied lighting technology at Cardiff University and worked as deputy chief electrician for stage theatre productions in London.[1] While at work, Brown suffered a 16-foot fall, dislocating three vertebrae in her neck.[1]
Paraclimbing
editBrown, who had climbed as a child, returned to the sport after her injury.[1][2] In 2012, she became the paraclimbing world champion, the first British person to hold the title.[1]
Paratriathlon
editIn 2018, Brown won the silver medal in her category at the ITU World Championships.[4] In 2019, she became the paratriathlon world champion and European champion in the PTS2 category.[5][6][7]
Results
editBrown's competition results are listed below.[7] Unless indicated otherwise, the competitions are paratriathlons.
| Date | Competition | Rank |
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| 2023-08-12 | UCI Para Cycling World Championships Glasgow 2023 | 5x gold
1x silver |
| 2022-08-04 | UCI Para Cycling Road World Championships Bae Comeau Canada 2022 | C1 TT gold
RR gold |
| 2019-09-14 | Valencia ETU Paratriathlon European Championships | 1[5] |
| 2019-09-01 | ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Lausanne | 1 |
| 2019-08-17 | Tokyo ITU Paratriathlon World Cup | 2 |
| 2019-06-28 | Groupe Copley World Paratriathlon Series Montreal | DNS |
| 2019-05-18 | Yokohama ITU World Paratriathlon Series | 2 |
| 2018-09-15 | ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Gold Coast | 2 |
| 2018-07-19 | Tartu ETU Triathlon European Championships | 1 |
| 2018-06-30 | Iseo - Franciacorta ITU World Paratriathlon Series | 2 |
| 2018-05-12 | Yokohama ITU World Paratriathlon Series | 3 |
| 2017-09-15 | ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam | 3 |
| 2017-07-28 | Edmonton ITU World Paratriathlon Series | 3 |
| 2017-06-16 | Kitzbuhel ETU Triathlon European Championships | 2 |
| 2016-08-14 | GBR Paratriathlon National Championships | 1 |
DNF = Did not finish
DNS = Did not start
DSQ = Disqualified
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Mott, Sue (24 March 2013). "Meet Fran Brown, the real spider woman". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 25 March 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Climber crowned world champion". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ "Paralympic medal hopes for Old Truronian". Truro School. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "World gold for Steadman in Australia". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Paratriathlon European Championships: Great Britain win two golds in Valencia". BBC Sport. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ "Great Britain win three golds in Lausanne". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ a b International Triathlon Union. "Athlete Profile: Fran Brown". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 18 March 2020.