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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Brittany Shamere Brown |
| Nationality | American |
| Born | (1995-04-18)April 18, 1995 (age 30) |
| Sport | |
| Country | United States |
| Sport | Track and field |
Event(s) | 100 meters,200 meters |
| College team | Iowa Hawkeyes[1] |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personalbest(s) | 100 m: 10.90 (Eugene, 2023) 200 m: 21.89 (New York, 2025) |
Brittany Shamere Brown (born April 18, 1995) is an Americansprinter. She won thesilver medal at the2019 World Championships in the 200m event[2] and the bronze medal in the 200m event at the2024 Summer Olympics inParis.
AttendingClaremont 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 theUS Indoor Championships in a championship record of 35.95s. After finishing second in the 200m at theUS Championships, she was selected for the 200m at theWorld Championships, where she won the silver medal in the final, recording a personal best time of 22.22s, finishing behindDina Asher-Smith.[3]
In 2020, Brown signed a contract withAdidas that took her through the 2024 US Olympic trials.[4]
In 2022, she set new PBs in both the 100m and 200m, with 10.96s and 21.99, respectively. Brown won the 200m at theNACAC Championships, held inFreeport, Bahamas, in 22.35s (0.3).[5]
At the 2023 ToyotaUSATF Outdoor Championships, Brown placed second in the 100m with a personal best time of 10.90s,[6] thus qualifying her for the2023 World Athletics Championships, where she made the final, finishing 7th.
Brown won her firstDiamond League meeting at the 2024Bislett Games, running 22.32 from lane eight.[7] At the2024 USATF Olympic trials in Eugene, she placed 2nd in the 200m, in a new personal best of 21.90s (0.6 m/s wind), behindGabby Thomas and just ahead ofMcKenzie Long, to qualify for her maiden Olympic Games in Paris.
On July 18, 2024, Brown announced that she had signed a contract withNike.[4]
At theParis 2024 Olympics, Brown secured a bronze medal with a time of 22.20 seconds in thewomen's 200 metres, finishing behindGabby Thomas andJulien Alfred.[8] On September 27, 2024, Brown won the 200m at the inaugauralAthlos meet, also placing second in the 100m.[9]
In December 2024, it was announced that she had signed up for the inaugural season of theMichael Johnson-foundedGrand Slam Track.[10]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time |
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| 2018 | NACAC Championships | Toronto,Canada | 7th | 200 m | 23.46 |
| 2019 | World Championships | Doha,Qatar | 2nd | 200 m | 22.22 |
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest,Hungary | 7th | 100 m | 10.97 |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Paris,France | 3rd | 200 m | 22.20 |
| 2025 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 6th | 200 m | 22.54 |
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