Jonny Brownlee

Jonathan Brownlee
Brownlee in 2011
Personal information
Nickname(s) Jonny
Born (1990-04-30) 30 April 1990[1]
Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England[1]
Residence Bramhope, 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
Men's triathlon
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Triathlon
2012 London Triathlon
ITU Triathlon World Championships
2010 LausanneSprint
2010 BudapestUnder23
2011 LausanneSprint
2011 LausanneTeam
2012 AucklandElite
2012 StockholmTeam
2014 HamburgTeam
2011 BeijingElite
2013 LondonElite
2016 CozumelElite
2008 VancouverJunior
ETU Triathlon European Championships
2009 HoltenJunior
2010 PortoU23
2011 PontevedraElite
2008 LisbonJunior
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow Mixed team relay
2014 Glasgow Men's race
2018 Gold Coast Mixed team relay
Representing  Great Britain
Super League triathlon
Jersey 2017 overall

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). He 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

Brownlee was educated at Bradford Grammar School before attending the University of Leeds, where he studied history.[6][7] He swam 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.

His father Keith was a runner, while his mother Cathy was a swimmer.[8] His older brother Alistair Brownlee holds two Olympic titles in the triathlon event (2012, 2016), and is a two-time Triathlon World Champion (2009, 2011). His younger brother Edward, who was a very successful academic, is also a keen sportsman, but prefers rugby and water polo over the triathlon.[9]

Brownlee was the British youth champion in both the triathlon and duathlon in 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, 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, he won the gold medal in the individual ranking which helped EC Sartrouville to win the silver medal.[12]

Despite a 15-second penalty, Jonathan took the bronze medal in the Triathlon event at the London 2012 Olympic Games, his brother Alistair taking gold.

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

ITU competitions

In the five years from 2006 to 2010, Jonathan Brownlee took part in 23 ITU competitions and achieved 14 top ten positions, winning five 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.

DateCompetitionPlaceRank
30 July 2006European Cup (Junior)Salford2
2 September 2006World Championships (Junior)LausanneDNF
19 May 2007Duathlon World Championships (Junior)Győr9
16 June 2007Duathlon European Championships (Junior)EdinburghDNS
29 June 2007European Championships (Junior)Copenhagen5
30 August 2007BG World Championships (Junior)Hamburg15
10 May 2008European Championships (Junior)Lisbon3
5 June 2008BG World Championships (Junior)Vancouver3
20 July 2008BG World CupKitzbühel17
6 September 2008European Championships (U23)Pulpí10
27 September 2008Duathlon World Championships (Junior)Rimini13
14 January 2009Australian Youth Olympic FestivalSydney1
20 June 2009European Cup (Junior)Tarzo Revine1
2 July 2009European Championships (Junior)Holten1
11 July 2009Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesKitzbühel13
15 August 2009Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesLondon26
9 September 2009Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: World Championships (Junior)Gold Coast2
5 June 2010Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesMadrid28
3 July 2010European ChampionshipsAthlone38
25 July 2010Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesLondon2
21 August 2010Sprint World ChampionshipsLausanne1
28 August 2010European Championships (U23)Vila Nova de Gaia (Porto)2
8 September 2010Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: World Championships (U23)Budapest1

Key: BG = British Gas (the sponsor); DNF = Did not finish; DNS = Did not start; U23 = Under 23

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Jonathan Brownlee's profile at British Triathlon". British Triathlon. Archived from the original on 10 October 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "Jonathan Brownlee". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Top results for multisporters at Regional Cross Country Champs". UK: British Triathlon. 26 January 2009. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2009. At junior level Jonathan Brownlee (Bingley Harriers) took a bronze medal
  4. ↑ "Success for Leeds Met triathletes". UK: Leeds Metropolitan University. 13 July 2006. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
  5. ↑ GRO reference: May 1990, Vol. 5, Page 108
  6. ↑ "Jonathan Brownlee Profile at the University of Leeds Olympic Programme". University of Leeds. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
  7. ↑ "Sporting stars win golden grades". Yorkshire Post. Leeds. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2009. Jonathan Brownlee, 18, a pupil at Bradford Grammar School, discovered he had achieved A grades in chemistry, history and biology and a B in Spanish before jumping onto a plane to Beijing to join up with the British Olympic team.
  8. ↑ "Jonathan Brownlee". nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Brownlee brother keeps up gold standard". The Yorkshire Post. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Jonathan Brownlee's profile at Boardman Bikes". Archived from the original on 16 September 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
  11. 1 2 "Jonathan Brownlee's International Triathlon Union profile". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
  12. ↑ IPITOS, RĂŠsultats Archived 27 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine.. Ipitos.com. Retrieved on 9 August 2012.
  13. ↑ "Glasgow 2014: England power to triathlon team relay success". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  14. ↑ Triathlon.org – Results Page. Archive.triathlon.org. Retrieved on 9 August 2012.

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