BROWN Aaron

Date of Birth: 27 May 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Place of birth: TORONTO, ON

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : ORLANDO, FL

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 200m	6
	Men's 4 x 100m Relay CAN Canada	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 200m Round 1 - Heat 5	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 200m Semi-Final 2	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 200m Final	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 4 x 100m Relay Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 4 x 100m Relay Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	100m	200m	4 x 100m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Round 1 (10.24)	SF (20.37)	3rd (37.64)
2012	London, GBR	-	SF (20.42)	-

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	100m	200m	4 x 100m
2019	Doha, QAT	8th (10.08)	6th (20.10)	Heats (37.91)
2017	London, GBR	-	Heats (DQ)	6th (38.59)
2015	Beijing, CHN	SF (10.15)	Heats (20.43)	3rd (38.13)
2013	Moscow, RUS	SF (10.15)	-	3rd (37.92)

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 100m	4 x 200m
2019	Yokohama, JPN	Heats (38.76)	-
2017	Nassau, BAH	6th (DNF)	1st (1:19.42)

NACAC Championships

Year	Location	200m	4 x 100m
2018	Toronto, ON, CAN	2nd (20.20)	1st (38.56)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	100m	200m
2021	1 x 5th	2 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd
2019	-	1 x 1st, 2 x 3rd, 2 x 4th
2018	-	2 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 2 x 4th
2017	1 x 5th	1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 5th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2019	200m	Stockholm, SWE	20.06
2	2021	200m	Oslo, NOR	20.38
2	2021	200m	Gateshead, GBR	20.79
2	2018	200m	Stockholm, SWE	20.07
2	2018	200m	Oslo, NOR	19.98
3	2021	200m	Doha, QAT	20.25
3	2019	200m	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	20.13
3	2019	200m	Doha, QAT	20.20
3	2018	200m	Eugene, OR, USA	20.07
3	2017	200m	Birmingham, GBR	20.30

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2021	200m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Ostrava, CZE	20.40
4	2021	200m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Walnut, CA, USA	20.26
5	2021	200m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Szekesfehervar, HUN	20.14

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2018	200m	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	20.05
1	2017	200m	World Challenge	Kawasaki, JPN	20.62
2	2019	100m	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	10.18
2	2018	200m	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	20.23
3	2018	100m	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	10.24
4	2019	100m	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	10.08

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Kingsley, AB, Smoov (olympic.ca, 01 Jul 2015)

Playing basketball, piano, travel, listening to music, art, collecting shoes. (CBC Sports YouTube channel, 15 Jan, 2020; olympic.ca, 01 Jul 2015)

Occupation:

Business, Political Science - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Languages spoken:

Phoenix Athletics [Canada]

Dennis Mitchell [personal], USA

In August 2019 he injured a muscle in his right hip flexor. (cbc.ca, 24 Oct 2019)

In 2011 he suffered a hamstring injury. (usctrojans.com, 10 Jun 2012)

He took up track running at age 16. (olympic.ca, 01 Jul 2015)

He was introduced to track running by high school coach Bill Stephens. (olympic.ca, 01 Jul 2015)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (cbc.ca, 24 Oct 2019)

In 2019 he said he was focusing more on the last 50 metres of each race in training, after coming fourth in the 200m final at the 2018 Diamond League meet in Zurich, Switzerland. "[I began to] eat, sleep and dream that last 50. [This] is going to take me to that next step to go even [lower] than [the] 19.90 that I feel I need to get on the podium at the [2020] Olympics. Last year [2018], my coach said I was consciously anticipating getting tired at the same spot in a race and that translated into me getting mentally tired because fatigue starts in your brain first before it hits your body." (cba.ca, 01 Oct 2019)

US basketball player LeBron James. (olympic.ca, 01 Jul 2015)

He collects mascot dolls from the meets he competes at. (olympic.ca, 01 Jul 2015)

Philosophy:

"Every day, when I'm lining up at practice with some of the fastest guys in the world, I'm saying, 'Look how far you've come. Why can't you be even better?' Because when I hang it up and I'm done, I want to look back and say, 'I maximised my potential, and I truly achieved everything out of the sport that I knew I could have'." (CBC Sports YouTube channel, 15 Jan, 2020)

He was named the 2009 Outstanding Youth Athlete of the Year by Athletics Canada. (IAAF, 17 Nov 2009)

General Interest

General
CANADIAN TEAM RIVALRIES
He has a healthy rivalry with other Canadian sprinters such as Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney, Gavin Smellie, Jerome Blake, and Bismark Boateng, who often compete on the 4x100m relay team together. He particularly enjoys running against Andre De Grasse, who he beat in the 100m at the 2019 Canadian Championships. "I'd be lying if I said that beating him [De Grasse] wasn't something that I was not chasing. I knew in order to achieve where I wanted to go, that beating him was part of the equation. I want to prove I'm a contender on the world stage. I know he is, he's already proved it with his medals. I know I'm capable of it, so that's my next aim. We [Canadian male athletes] try to push each other to be the best. On the start line, when I see another Canadian in the race, I'm in that mindset of wanting to be the top Canadian and I'm more motivated to be at my best because I know they will be at their best. [We're] fierce competitors on the track but once the races are over, we're back to being good friends." (CBC Sports YouTube channel, 15 Jan 2020; athletics.ca, 20 Sep 2019; coastmountainnews.com, 27 Jul 2019)

DISQUALIFICATION DEMONS
He was tipped as a medal contender in the 200m at the 2017 World Championships in London, England, but was disqualified for a lane violation during his heat, which he ran in what would have been a season best time of 20.08 seconds. "[When I saw the DQ] my heart sank. I went numb. I couldn't even speak. For me that pain that I felt, that darkness - it doesn't leave me. That's what's been fuelling me every day. I know there were some medals that were there for the taking, and I didn't take advantage of it. So every day when I'm lining up, I'm thinking I have to be meticulous, I have to practise and not make the mistakes that I did last time. You learn to hate losing more than you love winning. The best motivator is to not want to lose again, to not want to feel that pain and go to that dark spot again." (CBC Sports YouTube channel, 15 Jan 2020; runningmagazine.ca, 07 Aug 2017)

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Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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