Kaylyn Brown

Personal information
Born	(2004-12-31)December 31, 2004 (age 20) Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Sprints Relays
College team	University of Arkansas
Achievements and titles
Personalbest(s)	400 m: 49.13 (Eugene, 2024)
Medal record Women'sathletics Representing United States Olympic Games 2024 Paris 4 × 400 m relay 2024 Paris 4 × 400 m mixed World U20 Championships 2022 Cali 4 × 400 m mixed

Kaylyn Brown (born December 31, 2004) is an Americansprinter. She won a gold and silver medal at the2024 Summer Olympics in thewomen 4 × 400 metres relay andmixed 4 × 400 metres relay.^[1]

Brown attendedMallard Creek High School inCharlotte, North Carolina.^[2] Since 2023, she has attended theUniversity of Arkansas.^[3]

She won a gold medal as part of the victoriousMixed 4 × 400 m relay team at the2022 World Athletics U20 Championships inCali, Colombia.^[4] In the preliminary round the team of Brown, Charlie Bartholomew, Madison Whyte andWill Sumner set a meeting record time of 3:18.65.^[5]

In April 2024, she broke 50-seconds for the 400 metres for the first time, running 49.95 seconds during the Tom Jones Invitational held inGainesville, Florida.^[6] With the run she met the qualifying standard for the 2024 Paris Olympics.^[7]

She ran a new personal best time of 49.47 seconds for the 400 metres at the SEC Outdoor Championships in Gainesville, Florida on May 11, 2024.^[8][9] It placed her fourth all-time for a College athlete and was the fastest all-time performance by a 19-year-old American and second globally for her age, only behind East German athleteGrit Breuer who ran 49.42 in 1991.^[10] At the NCAA Championships inEugene, Oregon on June 8, 2024 she lowered her personal best to 49.13 seconds.^[11]

She competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the2024 Paris Olympics, winning the gold medal as part of the American relay team.^[12][13][14] She also competed in themixed 4 × 400 m relay at the Games, winning the silver medal.^[15]

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• Kaylyn Brown atOlympics.com

• 2004 births
• Living people
• American women sprinters
• Arkansas Razorbacks women's track and field athletes
• 21st-century American sportswomen
• Sportspeople from Charlotte, North Carolina
• 21st-century African-American sportswomen
• NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field
• Mallard Creek High School alumni
• Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field

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