Jonny Brownlee is a six-time World champion, and one-time Olympic champion in triathlon.
19 Facts About Jonny Brownlee
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Jonny Brownlee was the 2012 Triathlon World Champion, and the silver medallist in 2013 and 2016.
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Jonny Brownlee is a two-time World Sprint Triathlon Champion when it was held as a separate event between 2010 and 2011.
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Jonny Brownlee is the former Under-23 Triathlon World Champion.
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Jonny Brownlee won the bronze medal in the individual triathlon at the London 2012 Olympic Games, the silver medal in the same race at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and the gold medal in the mixed relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
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Jonny Brownlee finished the 2021 Super League Triathlon Championship Series in 3rd place, behind fellow Team Relay member Alex Yee and Olympic bronze medallist, Hayden Wilde of New Zealand.
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Jonny Brownlee had finished on the podium in 3 of the 4 Championship Series races.
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Jonny Brownlee finished in second place at the series finale in NEOM, Saudi Arabia, ahead of overall Champion Hayden Wilde and behind 2nd placed Matthew Hauser.
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Jonny Brownlee's brother, Alistair Brownlee, is a triathlon champion, having won the gold medal at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.
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Jonny Brownlee 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.
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Jonny Brownlee's father Keith was a runner, while his mother Cathy was a swimmer.
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Jonny Brownlee's older brother Alistair Brownlee holds two Olympic titles in the triathlon event, and is a two-time Triathlon World Champion.
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Jonny Brownlee's younger brother Edward, who was a very successful academic, is a keen sportsman, but prefers rugby and water polo over the triathlon.
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Jonny Brownlee was the British youth champion in both the triathlon and duathlon in 2006 and 2007.
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In 2010, Jonny Brownlee represented the French club ECS Triathlon and took part in the prestigious French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux, called Grand Prix.
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Jonny Brownlee took gold in the mixed triathlon team relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, with his brother Alistair, Vicky Holland and Jodie Stimpson.
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At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Jonny Brownlee took the second-leg of the inaugural triathlon mixed relay, with Jessica Learmonth, Georgia Taylor-Brown and Alex Yee, and took the gold medal in a time of 1:23:41.
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Jonny Brownlee finished 3rd in the 2021 Super League Triathlon Championship Series.
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Jonny Brownlee was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to triathlon.