Commonwealth Games Omar Brown (born 21 June 1982 in

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) is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the

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. He was successful as a junior athlete, winning the silver and bronze medals in the 200 m and

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races at the 1999 World Youth Championships. The following year he finished fourth at the World Junior Championships. He ran collegiately for the University of Arkansas. He won the

race at the

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, and was ranked ninth in the world for the 200 metres that year by ''

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'' magazine. He suffered a setback in 2007 the form of an ankle injury. He returned at the 2008 Jamaican trials but suffered a hamstring injury, caused by a faulty technique due to pain in his ankle. He underwent surgery in September 2008 to remove a bone spur, but the scar tissue from the surgery hampered his track comeback. He did not return until the end of the 2009 season, taking fourth place in the 200 m at the

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Personal life

On 3 November 2007, he married Jamaican Olympian

Veronica Campbell Veronica Campbell-Brown CD ( Campbell; born 15 May 1982) is a retired Jamaican track and field sprinter, who specialized in the 100 and 200 meters.

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Personal bests

*All information taken from IAAF profile.

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* 1982 births Living people Jamaican male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Arkansas Razorbacks men's track and field athletes People from Trelawny Parish Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Pan American Games competitors for Jamaica Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub