Daniel Brown (rower)

Daniel Brown
MBE
Personal information
Born (1982-11-29) 29 November 1982 (age 42)
Reading, Berkshire, Great Britain
Height195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportAdaptive rowing
Retired2020
Medal record
Adaptive rowing
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro LTAMix4+
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Amsterdam LTAMix4+
Gold medal – first place 2015 Aiguebelette-le-Lac LTAMix4+
Gold medal – first place 2018 Plovdiv PR3Mix4+

Daniel Brown MBE (born 29 November 1982) is a retired British pararower who competed at international-level events. He is a Paralympic champion, a triple world champion and a double world cup champion in the mixed coxed four with Grace Clough, Pam Relph, James Fox and Oliver James.[1]

Brown was a keen football and rugby league player when he was in his teenage years and played for Wokingham. He was involved in a car accident in 2003 which caused him to have life-changing injuries: he couldn't put weight on his ankle and he severed nerves in his left arm.[2][3]

At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Brown took gold in the mixed coxed four alongside Pam Relph, Grace Clough, James Fox and Oliver James.[4]

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to rowing.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Daniel Brown MBE - British Rowing". British Rowing. 19 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Daniel Brown - ParalympicsGB". ParalympicsGB. 19 November 2020. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018.
  3. ^ "How Rowing Changed My Life - Dan Brown". British Rowing. 18 September 2019. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Rio Paralympics: Rowing GOLD for Stevenage's Oliver James and GB team-mates". The Comet. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  5. ^ "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N16.