Alistair Brownlee

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Alistair Brownlee
Country Great Britain
Residence Leeds, Yorkshire, England[1]
Nickname Al
Date of birth 23 April 1988 (1988-04-23) (age 22)[1]
Place of birth Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)[2]
Club Bingley Harriers[3]
Leeds Metropolitan University
Team Corus
Coach(es) Malcolm Brown
Jack Maitland[4]
Notes
*2006 Junior World Champion
*2008 U23 World Champion
 
Medal record
Men's triathlon
ITU Triathlon World Championships
Gold 2009 Gold Coast Elite

Alistair Edward Brownlee (born 23 April 1988) is an English cross country runner, duathlete and triathlete who is the current ITU Triathlon World Champion.

Alistair was educated at Bradford Grammar School[2] before he started a medicine degree at Girton College, at the University of Cambridge.[5] After just the first eight-week term, Brownlee decided to leave and instead went to the University of Leeds, where he gained a Physiology and Sport degree in 2009.[5][6][7] He is now studying for an MSc in Finance at Leeds Metropolitan University[6][8].

He was introduced to triathlon at a young age by his uncle, Simon Hearnshaw, who regularly competed in the sport. As a junior, he was a successful fell [9] and cross country runner, coming second in the Junior English Cross Country Championships[10][11] and winning the Yorkshire County title on several occasions.[12][13]

In 2006, Brownlee left Girton College, Cambridge where he was reading medicine,[14] to move back to Yorkshire, focus on triathlon and study at University of Leeds. He is a member of the triathlon club based at Leeds Metropolitan University's Carnegie High Performance centre,[4] and is coached by Carnegie Director of Sport Malcolm Brown, and in swimming by Jack Maitland.[4]

He has two brothers, Edward and Jonathan. His younger brother Jonathan Brownlee is also an triathlete who has won European Junior Championships and finished 2nd at the 2009 World Junior Championships.

Brownlee represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the triathlon event, finishing in 12th place and first British competitor. During the 2008 season, his best world cup finish was 3rd place in Madrid and he also won the under-23 world championship.

Brownlee won the 2009 ITU Triathlon World Championship - winning all five of the season's ITU World Championship Series events in which he competed. He was victorious in Madrid, Washington D.C, Kitzbuhel and London before winning the 2009 season Grand Final, held on Australia's Gold Coast on 12 September[15][16] and thereby became the first ever person to win the ITU world Triathlon titles for Junior Men (2006), Under 23 Men (2008) and Senior Men (2009).[17]

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  1. ^ a b "Alistair Brownlee". Corus. http://www.corustriathlon.com/en/elite/corus_british_triathlon_team/alistair_brownlee. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 
  2. ^ a b c "Alistair Brownlee". triathlon.org. http://www.triathlon.org/?call=TVRFeQ==&id=MjU5Nw==&keep=sh. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 
  3. ^ "Top results for multisporters at Regional Cross Country Champs". UK: British Triathlon. 26th January 2009. http://www.britishtriathlon.org/news/article.php?id=10071. Retrieved 16 September 2009. "Alistair Brownlee (Bingley Harriers) started his year strongly with a tenth place position at Sherdley Park" 
  4. ^ a b c d "Alistair Brownlee World Champion". Leeds Metropolitan University. http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/carnegie/ept/9539.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 
  5. ^ a b Kimmage, Paul (2010-03-21). "Alastair Brownlee: three times a winner". London: The Sunday Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/paul_kimmage/article7069674.ece. Retrieved 2010-03-21. 
  6. ^ a b "Alistair Brownlee's professional website". Professional Sports Group. http://www.alistairbrownlee.com/profile.htm. Retrieved 15 September 2009. 
  7. ^ "Alistair Brownlee's student profile". University of Leeds Olympic Programme. http://olympics.leeds.ac.uk/athlete-profiles/profile.php?profile_id=3. Retrieved 2009-09-15. 
  8. ^ "Brownlee is the world champion". Leeds Metropolitan University. http://www.lmu.ac.uk/carnegie/sport/index.htm. Retrieved 15 September 2009. 
  9. ^ "Alistair Brownlee". Channel4. http://www.channel4.com/sport/microsites/T/triathlon/brownlee.html. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 
  10. ^ "Brownlee Storms To Second in Nationals". http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/2078863.Brownlee_storms_to_second_in_Nationals/. 
  11. ^ "Medals for Triathletes at National Cross Country Championships". British Triathlon Federation. http://www.britishtriathlon.org/news/article.php?id=9594. 
  12. ^ "Brownlee Brothers Double As Yorkshire Champions". http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/1965103.Brownlee_brothers_double_as_Yorkshire_champions/. 
  13. ^ "U15boys Yorkshire Results 2003". http://freespace.virgin.net/bob.jackson/yxc2003.htm#Boys15. Retrieved 2008-11-05. 
  14. ^ Gareth A Davies (13 Jun 2007). "Brownlee shows way to prestigious award". The Daily Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2315152/Brownlee-shows-way-to-prestigious-award.html. Retrieved 15 September 2009. 
  15. ^ a b Davies, Gareth A (12 September 2009). "Alistair Brownlee wins ITU triathlon grand final and 2009 overall title [Alistair Brownlee is one of the 26 athletes the BBC is following ahead of London 2012 as part of the series World Olympic Dreams.]". The Daily Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/triathlon/6178273/Alistair-Brownlee-wins-ITU-triathlon-grand-final-and-2009-overall-title.html. Retrieved 12 September 2009. 
  16. ^ "Brownlee claims world triathlon title". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/brownlee-claims-world-triathlon-title-20090912-flg8.html. Retrieved 12 September 2009. 
  17. ^ "Alistair Brownlee sponsorship profile". Boardman Bikes. http://www.boardmanbikes.com/boardman/boardman_Alistair_Brownlee.html. Retrieved 14 September 2009. 
  18. ^ "Brownlee is World Champion Triathlete". http://www.leeds.ac.uk/sport/pages/news/june/brownlee.htm. 
  19. ^ "Brownlee wins Hyde Park triathlon". BBC News. 15 August 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/triathlon/8194218.stm. Retrieved 1 January 2010. 

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ITU Triathlon World Championships – Men's Champions

Mark Allen (1989) • Greg Welch (1990) • Miles Stewart (1991) • Simon Lessing (1992) • Spencer Smith (1993-1994) • Simon Lessing (1995-1996) • Chris McCormack (1997) • Simon Lessing (1998) • Dmitriy Gaag (1999) • Olivier Marceau (2000) • Peter Robertson (2001) • Iván Raña (2002) • Peter Robertson (2003) • Bevan Docherty (2004) • Peter Robertson (2005) • Tim Don (2006) • Daniel Unger (2007) • Javier Gómez (2008) • Alistair Brownlee (2009)
(women)
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ETU Triathlon European Championships – Men's Champions

Rob Barel (1985-1988) • Yves Cordier (1989) • Fons Hamblock (1990) • Simon Lessing (1991) • Spencer Smith (1992) • Simon Lessing (1993-1994) • Rainer Müller-Hörner (1995) • Luc Van Lierde (1996) • Spencer Smith (1997) • Andrew Johns (1998) • Reto Hug (1999) • Andrew Johns (2000) • Filip Ospalý (2001) • Iván Raña (2002-2003) • Rasmus Henning (2004) • Frédéric Belaubre (2005-2006) • Javier Gómez (2007) • Frédéric Belaubre (2008) • Javier Gómez (2009) • Alistair Brownlee (2010)
(women)
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