Robyn Lauren Brown

This article is about the Filipino athlete. For the person from Sister Wives, see Robyn Brown.

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Crisostomo and the surname or paternal family name is Brown.
Robyn Lauren Brown
Personal information
Full nameRobyn Lauren Crisostomo Brown
Nationality
  • Philippines
  • United States
Born (1994-07-27) July 27, 1994 (age 30)
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country Philippines
SportTrack and field
Event400 metres hurdles
College teamUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Medal record
Representing  Philippines
Women's athletics
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Asian Athletics Championships 1 - -
Southeast Asian Games - 2 6
Total 1 2 6
Asian Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bangkok 400m hurdles
Southeast Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Cambodia 400m hurdles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Cambodia 4×400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Philippines 400m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Philippines 4×400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Philippines 4×400 m relay (mixed)
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Vietnam 400m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Vietnam 4×400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Cambodia 4×400 m relay (mixed)

Robyn Lauren Crisostomo Brown[1] (born July 27, 1994[2][3]) is a Filipino-American hurdler competing for the Philippines, who was the gold medalist of the 400m hurdles event at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships.

Education

Brown graduated from Ruben S. Ayala High School in Chino Hills, California in 2012 and attended Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California for two years.[4] She was a member of the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine track and field team at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and graduated in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies.[4][5]

Career

Brown has competed for the Philippines at the Southeast Asian Games. She competed in the women's 400m hurdles. She won bronze in both the 2019 and 2021 editions in the Philippines and Vietnam.[6] At the 2023 edition in Cambodia, she won a silver. Here she broke the 30_-year Philippine record previously set by Elma Muros Posadas.[7]

At the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok, Brown clinched a gold medal in the women's 400m hurdles.[8] This ended the gold medal drought for the Philippines, with the last one won by a Filipina being the women's long jump medal attained by Marestella Torres-Sunang in 2009.[9]

Personal life

Brown came from a family of medical workers. Her father Kurtis Brown was a former respiratory therapist while her mother Susana Crisostomo is a nurse in Los Angeles.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Viet Nam earn more golds to maintain at top of SEA Games ranking". Viet Nam Government Portal (in Vietnamese). May 12, 2023. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  2. ^ "Athletics BROWN Robyn - The 19th Asian Games". info.hangzhou2022.cn. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  3. ^ "Robyn BROWN | Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Robyn Brown", University of Hawaiʻi Women's Track & Field website, 2016 Women's Track & Field Roster. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Fil-Am battle spices up 400m hurdles of PH Athletics Championships". Rappler. March 23, 2023. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  6. ^ Garcia, John Mark (July 15, 2023). "Robyn Brown bags gold for PH in women's 400-m hurdles at Asian Champs". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  7. ^ "Athletics, swimming, MLBB women add to Philippines' medal haul". GMA News. May 11, 2023. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  8. ^ "Filipino-American Robyn Brown pockets Asian Championship gold with win in women's 400m hurdles". Manila Standard. July 15, 2023. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  9. ^ Basco, Karl Cedrick (July 16, 2023). "Athletics: Robyn Brown captures gold in Asian Championships". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  10. ^ Ramos, Josef (August 20, 2023). "Brown in harness in Budapest, hopes to make grade for Paris". BusinessMirror. Retrieved September 16, 2023.