Julie Brown (athlete)

Julie Ann Brown (born February 4, 1955)[2] is an American retired distance runner. She won the IAAF World Cross Country Championship in 1975 and represented the United States in the 1984 Summer Olympics in the women's marathon, placing 36th.[3]

Julie Brown
Personal information
Full nameJulie Ann Brown
NationalityAmerican
Born (1955-02-04) February 4, 1955
Billings, Montana
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight108 lb (49 kg)
Sport
CountryUSA
SportAthletics
Event(s)800m--2:00.8, 1500m--4:06.4, Mile--4:30.23, 3000m--8:58.27, 5000m--15:39.5, cross-country-(No time), marathon--2:26:24[1]
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  United States
IAAF World Cross Country Championships
1975 Rabat Long course
Pan American Games
1979 San Juan 800 m
1979 San Juan 1500 m
1979 San Juan 3000 m
Olympic Boycott Games
1980 Philadelphia 1500 m

Brown set the American women's marathon record at the Nike OTC Marathon in 1978, running 2:36:23.[4]

Brown concentrated on track and cross-country running prior to the Olympic trials but a victory in the Avon Women's Marathon in 1983 convinced her that she could qualify for the Olympic marathon team. She ran a conservative race staying in the pack until the midway point and broke away finishing second, 37 seconds behind the Olympic trials winner, Joan Benoit Samuelson.[5] She broke the 10,000 metres world record setting a time of 35:00.4 minutes in 1975.[6]

After her track career, Brown received her J.D. from Western State University and, joined a law firm as an attorney.[7]

High school

Brown was born in Billings, Montana,[2] and competed in a variety of distance events winning several state championships while attending Billings Senior High School.[7] She competed in the 880-yard run winning the state championship for three years in a row starting in 1970. She still holds the All-State record with an 880-yard time of 2:11.0.[7] She also won two 440-yard run championships and in her senior year, she was state cross-country champion as well.[7]

College

Brown started at the University of California, Los Angeles before switching to California State University, Northridge.[8] As a college athlete she won Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women national championships in the 800 meters, 1500 meters, 3000 meters, and cross-country. She also won Amateur Athletic Union national titles in the 1500 meters, 3000 meters, cross-country, and marathon, as well as winning The Athletics Congress national titles in 3000 meters, cross-country, and marathon.[7]

International

Brown won an IAAF World Cross Country Championship in 1975; the first American woman to do so.[2][9] She won the race in a time of 13:42, five seconds ahead of Bronislawa Ludwichowska from Poland.[10]

At the 1979 Pan American Games, Brown won three silver medals,[11] taking second place in the 800 meters, 1500 meters, and 3000 meters.[12][13][14]

Brown qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics in the 800 meters and 1500 meters but did not compete due to the boycott of the Olympics.[15] She was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal instead.[16] She did compete in the 1984 Olympics in the marathon, placing 36th.

Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to have run the entire Boston Marathon, sculpted three 12-inch bronze figurines of a running pony-tailed girl that were given as trophies to Joan Benoit Samuelson, Julie Brown, and Julie Isphording, the top three women marathoners at the US Olympic trials in 1984.[5][17]

She entered the marathon at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Athletics, but failed to finish the competition.[18]

References
  1. Bloom, Marc (2001). Run with the Champions. Rodale Inc. pp. 171. ISBN 9781579542900.
  2. "Julie Brown Biography and Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  3. Moran, Malcolm (6 August 1984). "Marathon - Gonzales Fans' Olympic Trip Plan Backfires". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. p. 7B. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  4. http://www.nyrr.org/sites/default/files/World%20and%20U.S.%20Records.pdf
  5. Musca, Michael (April 2008). "Finally, One for the Girls: The '84 Women's Olympic Trials Marathon". Running Times Magazine. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
  6. "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 643. Archived from the original (pdf) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
  7. "Julie Ann Brown" (PDF). MHSA.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  8. Ortega, John (September 11, 1994). "Cal State Northridge All-time Track And Field Leaders". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  9. Bloom, Marc (24 March 1990). "CROSS-COUNTRY; Running Up the Credentials". New York Times. Archived from the original on 13 July 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  10. "38th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Facts & Figures Facts" (PDF). iaaf.org. International Association of Athletic Federations. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  11. Green, Bob (4 September 1979). "Full U.S. Team Enters University Games". The Virgin Islands Daily. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  12. "American Men Take Pan American Gold". Star-News. 14 July 1979. pp. 1-C. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  13. McMane, Fred (8 July 1979). "Swimmingly - U.S. Still Dominating Pan Am Competition". Beaver County times. pp. C-2. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  14. Robinson, James (10 July 1979). "Robinson Defeats Juantorena In 800". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. pp. B4. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  15. Fachet, Robert (27 June 1984). "Olympic Trials Provide Emotional Wins, Losses". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 28. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  16. Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry. Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.
  17. Creamer, Robert W. (May 28, 1984). "Scorecard". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
  18. Women Marathon World Championship 1983 Helsinki (FIN) - Sunday 07.08 Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine. Todor. Retrieved on 2015-03-28.
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