Axel Brown
{{Short description|Trinidad & Tobago bobsledder}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Axel Brown
| image = Axel Brown Bobsleigh Trinidad and Tobago 2024.jpg
| caption = Brown in 2024
| headercolor = lightblue
| nationality = Trinidad & Tobago, Great Britain
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|04|02|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Harrogate, UK
| height = {{height|m=1.95}}
| weight = {{convert|108|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}
| country = {{TTO}}
| sport = File:Bobsleigh pictogram.svg Bobsleigh
| position = Pilot
| event = Olympic Games,
World Championships
}}
Axel Brown (born 2 April 1992 in Harrogate) is a Trinidadian - British bobsledder, who represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in 2-man bobsleigh.{{Cite web|title=Olympics.com - Axel Brown|url=https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/bobsleigh/athlete-profile-n1139256-axel-brown.htm|website=Olympics.com|access-date=2022-02-13|archive-date=2022-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209132651/https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/bobsleigh/athlete-profile-n1139256-axel-brown.htm|url-status=dead}} He is the son of British explorer Chris Brown.{{Cite web |title=North American Pole of Inaccessibility |url=https://inaccessibility.net/north-america-pole/ |access-date=2024-10-16 |website=Poles of Inaccessibility |language=en-GB}}
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
Axel, along with teammate Andre Marcano, was the first team to represent Trinidad & Tobago in a Winter Olympic Games since 2002.{{Cite news|title=Harrogate-born Axel Brown out to ink Trinidad and Tobago into bobsleigh history|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/19904883.harrogate-born-axel-brown-ink-trinidad-tobago-bobsleigh-history/}}
Axel Brown competed in the two-man bobsleigh event on 14 & 15 February 2022. The team of Axel and Andre Marcano placed 28th in the first heat and 27th in the second heat in the first day of competition. Injury causing Andre to withdraw created a new pairing of Axel Brown and reserve athlete Shakeel John. The team completed the third heat in 28th place, leading to a 28th overall finish, the highest finish for Trinidad & Tobago in any Winter Olympics.{{Cite web|title=Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics 2-man Bobsleigh Results|url=https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/bobsleigh/results-2-man-fnl-000400-.htm|website=olympics.com|access-date=2022-02-16|archive-date=2022-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215144425/https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/bobsleigh/results-2-man-fnl-000400-.htm|url-status=dead}}
= Olympic games =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Event ! style="width:70px;" |Two-man |
| colspan="2" |Representing {{TTO}} |
|---|
| align="left" |2022 Beijing {{CHN}}
|28th |
International Competition
As pilot of the 4-man team in the North American Cup in 2022 in Park City, Axel was the first Caribbean bobsleigh pilot to ever finish on the podium in a 4-man race.{{Cite web |last=Farrell |first=Brendan |title=Trinidad and Tobago bobsled team breaks through in Park City |url=https://www.parkrecord.com/sports/trinidad-and-tobago-bobsled-team-breaks-through-in-park-city/ |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=www.parkrecord.com |language=en-US}} Axel and the team of Shakeel John, Xaverri Williams, and Adam Hames finished 3rd.{{Cite web |title=IBSF - International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation |url=https://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/502521 |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=www.ibsf.org |language=en-gb}}
The 2-man team of Axel Brown and Andre Marcano earned the Caribbean’s highest ever World Cup 2-man position of 13th place in the IBSF World Cup in Park City Utah on 23 November 2022.{{Cite web |title=IBSF - International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation |url=https://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/502697 |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=www.ibsf.org |language=en-gb}}
= World Championships =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Event ! style="width:70px;" |Two-man |
| colspan="2" |Representing {{TTO}} |
|---|
| align="left" |2023 St. Moritz {{SWI}}
|20th |
Sporting background
Brown was born in Great Britain to a British father and a Trinidadian mother. He competed for Great Britain in the sport of bobsleigh for seven years until 2021, when he decided to represent his mother's homeland of Trinidad and Tobago, with which he holds dual citizenship.
Axel represented Great Britain as a brakeman and featured in the World Cup, North American Cup, and Europe Cup, as well as being a reserve for the 2019 World Championships in Whistler, Canada. He became a pilot in 2019, placing fifth in the North American cup in his debut season.{{Cite web|title=IBSF - Axel Brown|url=https://www.ibsf.org/en/athletes/athlete/263014/Brown|website=ibsf.org}}
He played American Football for Colorado State Rams from 2013 - 2014, before which he competed for the Great Britain Lions u18 team. He has also won Bronze and Silver medals in Taekwondo at the national level in the United Kingdom.
Personal life
Axel was born and raised in Harrogate, United Kingdom. Where he attended Brackenfield primary school, followed by Harrogate Grammar School. Before pursuing the sport as a career, he worked at the Odeon cinema and volunteered at Horticap, a charity for adults with learning difficulties. Axel's brother Mika Brown, and Father, Christopher Brown, have both represented Great Britain in the sport of Triathlon at the World Championships.{{Cite web |title=Harrogate Advertiser - Harrogate Brothers |url=https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/sport/harrogate-brothers-taking-sporting-rivalry-new-levels-opposite-directions-797231}}{{Cite web |title=Stray Ferret - Axel Brown |url=https://thestrayferret.co.uk/harrogate-man-to-compete-at-winter-olympics-for-trinidad-tobago-bobsleigh-team/}}{{Cite web |title=Bobsleigh.uk - Axel Brown |url=https://bobsleigh.uk/axel-brown/}}
References
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External links
- {{IBSF|263014/brown-axel}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|axel-brown}}
- {{Olympedia}}
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Category:Trinidad and Tobago male bobsledders