Brittany Shamere Brown (born April 18, 1995) is an American sprinter. She won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships in the 200m event and the bronze medal in the 200m event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Career Attending Claremont High School, she set the all time 100m school record with a time of 11.49s (+2.2w) and the wind legal school record of 11.59s (+1.7) both of which still stand. She also set the all-time 200m record with a time of 23.68s (+3.1w) and the wind legal record of 23.79s (+0.6).
In 2019, Brown won the 300m event at the US Indoor Championships in a championship record of 35.95s. After finishing second in the 200m at the US Championships, she was selected for the 200m at the World Championships, where she won the silver medal in the final, recording a personal best time of 22.22s, finishing behind Dina Asher-Smith.
In 2020, Brown signed a contract with Adidas that took her through the 2024 US Olympic trials.
In 2022, she set new PBs in both the 100m and 200m, with 10.96s and 21.99, respectively. Brown won the 200m at the NACAC Championships, held in Freeport, Bahamas, in 22.35s (0.3).
At the 2023 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships, Brown placed second in the 100m with a personal best time of 10.90s, thus qualifying her for the 2023 World Athletics Championships, where she made the final, finishing 7th.
Brown won her first Diamond League meeting at the 2024 Bislett Games, running 22.32 from lane eight. At the 2024 USATF Olympic trials in Eugene, she placed 2nd in the 200m, in a new personal best of 21.90s (0.6 m/s wind), behind Gabby Thomas and just ahead of McKenzie Long, to qualify for her maiden Olympic Games in Paris.
On July 18, 2024, Brown announced that she had signed a contract with Nike.
At the Paris 2024 Olympics, Brown secured a bronze medal with a time of 22.20 seconds in the women's 200 metres, finishing behind Gabby Thomas and Julien Alfred. On September 27, 2024, Brown won the 200m at the inaugural Athlos meet, also placing second in the 100m.
In December 2024, it was announced that she had signed up for the inaugural season of the Michael Johnson-founded Grand Slam Track.
Athletics achievements Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted. Personal bests TypeDistanceTime (s)Wind (m/s)VenueDateNotesIndividual eventsIndoor60 metres7.19Iowa City, United States21 January 2023200 metres 22.86College Station, United States10 March 2017300 metres 35.95New York, United States23 February 2019400 metres 53.76New York, United States9 February 2019Outdoor100 metres10.90+0.7Eugene, United States7 July 2023200 metres21.89+1.9New York, United States10 October 2025300 metres35.91Ostrava, Czech Republic20 June 2019400 metres51.15Gainesville, United States15 April 2023Team eventsOutdoor4 × 100 metres relay42.12Austin, United States1 April 20234 × 200 metres relay1:30.65Austin, United States26 March 20224 × 400 metres relay3:24.82Austin, United States1 April 2023
International competitions 2018NACAC ChampionshipsToronto, Canada7th200 m23.462019The Match Europe v USAMinsk, Belarus1st200 m22.61World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar2nd200 m22.222022NACAC ChampionshipsFreeport, The Bahamas1st200 m22.352023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary7th100 m10.972024Olympic GamesParis, France3rd200 m22.202025World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan6th200 m22.54
National championships and competitions 2013USATF Junior OlympicsGreensboro, North Carolina1st100 m11.612014NCAA Division I ChampionshipsEugene, Oregon11th (h)200 m23.3516th (h)4 × 100 m relay45.02USA Junior ChampionshipsEugene, Oregon6th100 m11.583rd200 m23.102015NCAA Division I ChampionshipsEugene, Oregon17th (h)200 m23.192017NCAA Division I Indoor ChampionshipsCollege Station, Texas5th200 m 22.92NCAA Division I ChampionshipsEugene, Oregon7th200 m23.02USA ChampionshipsSacramento, California15th (sf)200 m23.402018NCAA Division I Indoor ChampionshipsCollege Station, Texas10th (h)200 m 23.169th4 × 400 m relay3:33.19NCAA Division I ChampionshipsEugene, Oregon23rd (sf)100 m11.5114th (sf)200 m22.89USA ChampionshipsDes Moines, Iowa5th200 m23.082019USA Indoor ChampionshipsNew York, United States1st300 m 35.95USA ChampionshipsDes Moines, Iowa2nd200 m22.612021U.S. Olympic TrialsEugene, Oregon15th (sf)200 m22.972022USA ChampionshipsEugene, Oregon8th100 m11.045th200 m22.222023USA Indoor ChampionshipsAlbuquerque, New Mexico8th60 m7.21USA ChampionshipsEugene, Oregon2nd100 m10.902024U.S. Olympic TrialsEugene, Oregon2nd200 m21.902025USA ChampionshipsEugene, Oregon4th200 m22.202026USA ChampionshipsNew York, United States16th (sf)100 m11.25 References
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