- Chris Brown (athlete)
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Medal record 
Chris BrownMen's athletics Competitor for the 
BahamasOlympic Games Silver 2008 Beijing 4x400 m relay World Championships Gold 2001 Edmonton 4x400 m relay[1] Silver 2005 Helsinki 4x400 m relay Silver 2007 Osaka 4x400 m relay Bronze 2003 Paris 4x400 m relay World Indoor Championships Gold 2010 Doha 400 m Bronze 2006 Moskva 400 m Bronze 2008 Valencia 400 m Pan American Games Gold 2007 Rio de Janerio 400m Gold 2007 Rio de Janeiro 4x400m relay Christopher ("Chris") Brown (born August 15, 1978) is a male track and field athlete from the Bahamas, who mainly competes in the 400 metres. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, he has also won four World Championships medals in the relay.
In 2007, his most successful year, Brown won gold medals in both the individual 400m and the 4x400m relay at the 2007 Pan American Games. In the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Brown tied the Bahamian national record when finishing fourth in the 400m final. Brown (together with Avard Moncur, Andrae Williams and Michael Mathieu) also won silver in the 4 x 400m relay at the 2007 World Championships.[2]
External links
- IAAF profile for Chris Brown
References
- ^ The Bahamas 4x400 team won originally the silver medal, but the USA 4x400 team, which originally finished first in 4x400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.
- ^ http://au.sports.yahoo.com/070902/3/1dor8.html
World Champions in Men's 4×400 m Relay 1983: Soviet Union • 1987: United States • 1991: Great Britain • 1993 – 1995: United States 1997: Great Britain • 1999: Poland • 2001: Bahamas • 2003: France • 2005 – 2011: United States
World Indoor Champions in Men's 400 m 1985: Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) • 1987 – 1989: Antonio McKay (USA) • 1991: Devon Morris (JAM) • 1993: Butch Reynolds (USA) • 1995: Darnell Hall (USA) • 1997: Sunday Bada (NGR) • 1999: Jamie Baulch (GBR) • 2001: Daniel Caines (GBR) • 2003: Tyree Washington (USA) • 2004 – 2006: Alleyne Francique (GRN) • 2008: Tyler Christopher (CAN) • 2010: Chris Brown (BAH)
Pan American Champions in Men's 400 m 1951: Mal Whitfield (USA) • 1955: Lou Jones (USA) • 1959: George Kerr (JAM) • 1963: James Johnson (USA) • 1967: Lee Evans (USA) • 1971: John Smith (USA) • 1975: Ronny Ray (USA) • 1979: Tony Darden (USA) • 1983: Cliff Wiley (USA) • 1987: Raymond Pierre (USA) • 1991: Roberto Hernández (CUB) • 1995: Norberto Téllez (CUB) • 1999: Greg Haughton (JAM) • 2003: Mitch Potter (USA) • 2007: Chris Brown (BAH) • 2011: Nery Brenes (CRC)
Categories:- 1978 births
- Living people
- Sprinters
- Bahamian athletes
- Olympic athletes of the Bahamas
- Olympic silver medalists for the Bahamas
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games competitors for the Bahamas
- Central America and Caribbean athletics biography stubs
- Bahamian sportspeople stubs
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