Daniel J. Browne (born June 24, 1975) is an American distance runner. He has won numerous major American road race championships and was a member of the 2004 Olympic team in the 10 km and

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Education

Brown attended

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, a suburb of Portland, Oregon, graduating in 1993. He graduated from The

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with a major in Spanish & Portuguese and a minor in

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in 1997.

Running career

Browne first took running seriously while in high school. He attended the United States Military Academy as a member of the class of 1997. While at West Point, he became the only cadet to ever run a mile under four minutes (3:59.37), and set school records in the 3,000, 5,000 and 10,000 meters, which remain unbroken 10 years later. Upon graduating from West Point, he underwent basic officer training before being invited to joint the Army's World Class Athlete Program. He moved to

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and trained full-time while serving his service commitment in the

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. He won the short course race at the 1998

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. He was later approached by legendary running coach

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about joining the

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. He now splits time between training

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and living in Oregon. Browne is sponsored by

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. He made the US Olympic team in 2004 at 10,000 M and Marathon, finishing 3rd in both distances at the trials. He was unsuccessful in a bid to make the 2008 Olympic team. He again attempted to make the 2012 Olympic team in the marathon, but was unsuccessful, completing the race as the last place finisher.

Personal bests

International competitions

Road races

References

External links

Dan Browne's Official Website
(

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) {{DEFAULTSORT:Browne, Dan 1975 births Living people Track and field athletes from Portland, Oregon Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes of the United States United States Military Academy alumni American male long-distance runners American male marathon runners Sportspeople from Chula Vista, California Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for the United States Universiade bronze medalists for the United States World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Military personnel from California