Robyn Lauren Brown
{{Short description|Filipino-American hurdler (born 1994)}}
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{{Philippine name|Crisostomo|Brown}}
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| sport = Track and field
| event = 400 metres hurdles
| collegeteam = University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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{{MedalSport|Women's athletics}}
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{{Medal|Competition|Asian Athletics Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold |2023 Bangkok|400m hurdles}}
{{Medal|Competition|Southeast Asian Games}}
{{Medal|Silver |2023 Cambodia|400m hurdles}}
{{Medal|Silver |2023 Cambodia|4×400 m relay}}
{{Medal|Bronze |2019 Philippines|400m hurdles}}
{{Medal|Bronze |2019 Philippines|4×400 m relay}}
{{Medal|Bronze |2019 Philippines|4×400 m relay (mixed)}}
{{Medal|Bronze |2021 Vietnam|400m hurdles}}
{{Medal|Bronze |2021 Vietnam|4×400 m relay}}
{{Medal|Bronze |2023 Cambodia|4×400 m relay (mixed)}}
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Robyn Lauren Crisostomo Brown{{cite web |title=Viet Nam earn more golds to maintain at top of SEA Games ranking |url=https://en.baochinhphu.vn/viet-nam-earn-more-golds-to-maintain-at-top-of-sea-games-ranking-111230512172944871.htm |website=Viet Nam Government Portal |access-date=16 July 2023 |language=vi |date=12 May 2023}} (born July 27, 1994{{cite web |title=Athletics BROWN Robyn - The 19th Asian Games |url=https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n2023670-brown-robyn.htm |website=info.hangzhou2022.cn |access-date=24 September 2023}}{{cite web |title=Robyn BROWN {{!}} Profile |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/philippines/robyn-brown-14893469 |website=World Athletics |access-date=16 July 2023}}) is a Filipino-American hurdler competing for the Philippines, who was the gold medalist of the 400m hurdles event at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships.
Education
Brown graduated from Ruben S. Ayala High School in Chino Hills, California in 2012 and attended Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California for two years.[https://hawaiiathletics.com/sports/womens-track-and-field/roster/robyn-brown/14856 "Robyn Brown"], University of Hawaiʻi Women's Track & Field website, 2016 Women's Track & Field Roster. Retrieved 17 July 2023. She was a member of the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine track and field team at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and graduated in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies.{{cite news |title=Fil-Am battle spices up 400m hurdles of PH Athletics Championships |url=https://www.rappler.com/sports/lauren-hoffman-robyn-brown-battle-spices-up-400m-hurdles-philippines-athletics-championships/ |access-date=16 July 2023 |work=Rappler |date=23 March 2023}}
Career
Brown has competed for the Philippines at the Southeast Asian Games. She competed in the women's 400m hurdles. She won bronze in both the 2019 and 2021 editions in the Philippines and Vietnam.{{cite news |last1=Garcia |first1=John Mark |title=Robyn Brown bags gold for PH in women's 400-m hurdles at Asian Champs |url=https://www.spin.ph/athletics/robyn-brown-gold-medal-women-s-400-m-hurdles-2023-asian-athletics-championship-bangkok-thailand-a5172-20230715 |access-date=16 July 2023 |work=Sports Interactive Network Philippines |date=15 July 2023 |language=en}} At the 2023 edition in Cambodia, she won a silver. Here she broke the 30_-year Philippine record previously set by Elma Muros Posadas.{{cite news |title=Athletics, swimming, MLBB women add to Philippines' medal haul |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/othersports/869797/athletics-swimming-mlbb-women-add-to-philippines-medal-haul/story/ |access-date=16 July 2023 |work=GMA News |date=11 May 2023 |language=en}}
At the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok, Brown clinched a gold medal in the women's 400m hurdles.{{cite news |title=Filipino-American Robyn Brown pockets Asian Championship gold with win in women’s 400m hurdles |url=https://manilastandard.net/sports/314350272/filipino-american-robyn-brown-pockets-asian-championship-gold-with-win-in-womens-400m-hurdles.html |access-date=16 July 2023 |work=Manila Standard |date=15 July 2023}} This ended the gold medal drought for the Philippines, with the last one won by a Filipina being the women's long jump medal attained by Marestella Torres-Sunang in 2009.{{cite news |last1=Basco |first1=Karl Cedrick |title=Athletics: Robyn Brown captures gold in Asian Championships |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/16/23/athletics-robyn-brown-captures-gold-in-asian-championships |access-date=16 July 2023 |work=ABS-CBN News |date=16 July 2023}}
Personal life
Brown came from a family of medical workers. Her father Kurtis Brown was a former respiratory therapist while her mother Susana Crisostomo is a nurse in Los Angeles.{{cite news |last1=Ramos |first1=Josef |title=Brown in harness in Budapest, hopes to make grade for Paris|url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/08/20/brown-in-harness-in-budapest-hopes-to-make-grade-for-paris/ |access-date=16 September 2023 |work=BusinessMirror |date=20 August 2023}}
References
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{{Footer Asian Champions women's 400 metres hurdles}}
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Category:Filipino female hurdlers
Category:American female hurdlers
Category:American sportspeople of Filipino descent
Category:SEA Games medalists in athletics
Category:SEA Games silver medalists for the Philippines
Category:SEA Games bronze medalists for the Philippines
Category:Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wahine athletes
Category:Mt. San Antonio College alumni
Category:People from Chino Hills, California