Alistair Brownlee

Alistair Brownlee
Brownlee at Our Greatest Team Parade in 2012
Personal information
NicknameAl
Born (1988-04-23) 23 April 1988 (age 36)[1]
Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England
EducationBradford Grammar School, University of Leeds & Leeds Metropolitan University
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Weight70 kg (154 lb)[2]
Sport
CountryEngland / Great Britain
ClubBingley Harriers[3]
Leeds Metropolitan University
TeamCorus
Coached byMalcolm Brown
Jack Maitland[4]
Medal record

Alistair Edward Brownlee MBE (born 23 April 1988) is an English triathlete. He is the only athlete to hold two Olympic titles in the individual triathlon event, winning gold medals in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. He is also a four-time World Champion in triathlon being Triathlon World Champion twice (2009, 2011) and World Team Champion (2011, 2014) twice, a four-time European Champion (2010, 2011, 2014, 2019), and the 2014 Commonwealth champion. Brownlee is the only athlete, male or female, to have completed a grand slam of Olympic, World, continental and Commonwealth championships. Brownlee is also a one-time world champion in aquathlon. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest male Triathletes ever.

His brother Jonathan Brownlee is also a decorated triathlete. Along with long-time Spanish rivals Mario Mola and Javier Gómez, and Frenchman Vincent Luis, the Brownlee brothers were considered the dominant male Olympic distance triathletes of the 2010s, and the Brownlees were particularly dominant in the Olympic triathlon races themselves, having won three gold, one silver and one bronze medal between them.

Brownlee was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to sport.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Alistair Brownlee". Corus. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference AB profile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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. Alistair Brownlee (Bingley Harriers) started his year strongly with a tenth place position at Sherdley Park
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference LeedsMet1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 24.
  6. ^ "2013 New Year's Honours" (PDF). Cabinetoffice.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

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