Kevin Brown (athlete)
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Kevin Dave Brown (born 1964) is a former discus athlete who competed for England and Jamaica.


Athletics career

Brown was English national champion after winning the
1994 AAA Championships The 1994 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held from 11 to 12 July at Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield, England. It was the first and only time that the AAA Championsh ...
. He represented England in the discus event, at the
1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVĂ©me Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, ...
in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Eight years later he represented Jamaica in the
2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...
.


Truck pulling

In 2020, Brown broke a world record in
truck pulling Truck and tractor pulling, also known as power pulling, is a form of a motorsport competition in which antique or modified tractors pull a heavy drag or sled along an , track, with the winner being the tractor that pulls the drag the farthe ...
, dragging a two-ton Range Rover 69 metres in 45.58 seconds. He made the attempt in the memory of a friend who had died of cancer.


References


External links

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Kevin Brown
stats at Record Holders Republic, where he is operations director
Kevin Brown - World Record Attempt; 69M Vehicle Pull
2020 video
MEET KEVIN BROWN, OUR COMMUNITY GAMES AMBASSADOR.
bio at games.community-games.uk 1964 births Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Living people English male discus throwers British male discus throwers Jamaican male discus throwers Commonwealth Games competitors for England English strength athletes {{England-athletics-bio-stub