Graeme Brown

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Graeme Brown

| image = Graeme Brown, Cyclist, jjron, 2.01.10.jpg

| caption = Brown at the 2010 Bay Classic Series

| full_name = Graeme Allen Brown

| nickname = Brownie

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|4|9}}

| birth_place = Darwin, Australia

| height = 1.80 m

| weight = 76 kg

| currentteam = Retired

| disciplines = {{unbulleted list|Road|Track}}

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Sprinter

| amateuryears1 =

| amateurteam1 = Randwick Botany Cycling Club

| proyears1 = 2002–2005

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|BRD|2002}}

| proyears2 = 2006–2014

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|RAB|2006}}

| proyears3 = 2015–2016

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|DPC|2015}}

| majorwins =

| show-medals = no

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry| {{flagu|Australia}} }}

}}

Graeme Allen Brown {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 9 April 1979 in Darwin, Northern Territory) is an Australian former professional cyclist,{{cite web|title=Brown at Procyclingstats.com|url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/Graeme_Brown|website=Procyclingstats.com|access-date=30 March 2015}} who competed professionally between 2002 and 2016 for the {{UCI team code|BRD|2005}}, {{UCI team code|RAB|2014}} and {{UCI team code|DPC|2016}} teams.

A former Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder,[http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/olympics AIS Athletes at the Olympics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606223207/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/olympics |date=6 June 2011 }} Brown's greatest success as a road cyclist came in the Tour de Langkawi in Malaysia, including a record-breaking 5 stage wins in 2005 and winning the Points Classification in 2003 and 2005.{{cite web|title=An interview with Graeme Brown |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/an-interview-with-graeme-brown/ |website=CyclingNews.com |date=29 November 2005 |access-date=3 November 2020}}

As a track cyclist he won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens as a member of the team pursuit (with Bradley McGee, Brett Lancaster, and Luke Roberts) in world record-breaking time of 3:58.233. He also won a gold medal with Stuart O'Grady for the Madison event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester he won two gold medals: for the Team pursuit, and the Scratch Race.

Mark French accusations

At a hearing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, cyclist Mark French gave sworn evidence that named Shane Kelly, Sean Eadie, Jobie Dajka, and Graeme Brown as riders who often injected vitamins and supplements in his room.[http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23171965-11088,00.html Herald Sun: Cyclist Mark French back in the thick of the action]. {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208094627/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23171965-11088,00.html|date=2008-02-08}} 13 ampoules labelled EquiGen (equine growth hormone, an illegal doping agent), syringes and vitamins had been discovered by cleaners outside French's boarding room at the Australian Institute of Sport.{{Cite web |date=2004-06-18 |title=Australian cycling rocked by drugs claims |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australian-cycling-rocked-by-drugs-claims-732715.html |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=The Independent |language=en}} On testing, some of the syringes were also found to contain the EquiGen hormone. French's lifetime ban was ultimately overturned on appeal, and Brown himself was never charged with any offense.

Personal life

Brown hails from Menai, an outer suburb of Sydney. He has three sons and a daughter. Recently{{when|date=July 2023}} married Brooke Colton.

Career achievements

File:Graeme Brown 2.jpg

=Major results=

Sources:{{cite web|title=Graeme Brown |url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=569 |website=FirstCycling.com |access-date=3 November 2020}}

;1996

: 1st 20px Sprint, National Junior Track Championships

;1997

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UCI Junior Track World Championships

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, National Junior Track Championships

;1998

: 1st Stage 8 Commonwealth Bank Cycle Classic

;1999

: UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics

::1st Team pursuit, Frisco

::1st Team pursuit, Cali

: 1st 20px Points race, National Track Championships

: 1st Team pursuit, Oceania International Grand Prix

;2000

: UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Cali

::1st Madison

::2nd Team pursuit

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, National Track Championships

;2001

: 1st Stage 1 Tour Down Under

: 1st Stage 6 Giro delle Regioni

: 1st Stage 6 Tour of Japan

: 6th Circuito del Porto

;2002

: 1st Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Moscow

: Commonwealth Games

::1st 15px Team pursuit

::1st 15px Scratch

: Tour de Langkawi

::1st Stages 6 & 10

;2003

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships

: 1st 20px Madison, National Track Championships (with Mark Renshaw)

: Tour de Langkawi

::1st 20px Points classification

::1st Stages 5 & 7

: 1st Points classification Perth Criterium Series

: 1st Stage 6 Tour Down Under

;2004

: Olympic Games

::1st 15px Team pursuit

::1st 15px Madison (with Stuart O'Grady)

;2005

: Tour de Langkawi

::1st 20px Points classification

::1st Stages 1, 5, 7, 9 & 10

: 2nd Coppa Bernocchi

: 3rd Giro della Romagna

;2006

: 1st Tour de Rijke

: Deutschland Tour

::1st Stages 4 & 8

: 3rd Ronde van Midden-Zeeland

: 5th Classic Haribo

: 5th Scheldeprijs

: 5th Noord-Nederland Tour

: 8th International Grand Prix Doha

;2007

: 1st Stage 1 Tour of California

: 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Murcia

: 1st Stage 2 Tour de Pologne

: 2nd Overall Niedersachsen Rundfahrt

: 2nd Ronde van het Groene Hart

: 2nd Rund um Köln

: 2nd Tour de Rijke

: 4th Ronde van Midden-Zeeland

: 5th Scheldeprijs

;2008

: 1st Trofeo Cala Millor-Cala Bona

: 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Murcia

: 1st Stage 3 Tour Down Under

: 2nd Trofeo Mallorca

: 3rd Clásica de Almería

;2009

: 1st Nokere Koerse

: 1st Omloop van het Houtland

: 1st Stage 3 Tour Down Under

: Vuelta a Murcia

::1st Stages 1 & 5

: 2nd Trofeo Cala Millor

: 2nd Clásica de Almería

: 2nd Ronde van het Groene Hart

: 2nd Dutch Food Valley Classic

: 5th Batavus Prorace

;2010

: 1st Stage 1 Bay Classic Series

: 1st Stage 8 Tour of Austria

: 3rd Overall Delta Tour Zeeland

: 3rd Clásica de Almería

: 4th Ronde van het Groene Hart

: 5th Rund um Köln

;2011

: 3rd Nokere Koerse

: 10th Overall Delta Tour Zeeland

;2012

: 6th Handzame Classic

;2013

: 4th Omloop van het Houtland

;2015

: 8th Road race, Oceania Road Championships

==Grand Tour general classification results timeline==

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=Awards and honours=

Brown was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the 2005 Australia Day Honours List.{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-01-26/stolle-miller-mark-waugh-named-in-honours-list/626016|title=Stolle, Miller, Mark Waugh named in honours list|work=ABC News and Current Affairs|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=26 January 2005|access-date=31 December 2020}}

References

External links

{{official website|http://www.graemebrown.com}}
{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050617090016/http://www.cycling.org.au/Content/NavigationMenu/H_P_/Rider_Profiles/Male_Riders/graeme_brown.htm |date=17 June 2005 |title=Australian Cycling Federation Profile }}
{{trap-friis|australia.Brown}}
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