Darrel Brown

For other people of the same name, see Darrell Brown (disambiguation).

For the American basketball player, see Darrel Brown (basketball).

Darrel Brown

Personal information
Nationality	Trinidad and Tobago
Born	October 11, 1984 (1984-10-11) (age 27) Arima, Trinidad
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	79 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100m: 9.99 s (Port-of-Spain 2005) 200m: 20.41 s (Port-of-Spain 2001)
Medal record Men’s athletics Competitor for  Trinidad and Tobago World Championships Silver 2009 Berlin 4×100 m relay Silver 2005 Helsinki 4×100 m relay Silver 2003 Paris 100 m Silver 2001 Edmonton 4×100 m relay CAC Championships Silver 2011 Mayagüez 4×100 m relay Gold 2008 Cali 100 m Gold 2005 Nassau 100 m Gold 2005 Nassau 4×100 m relay Silver 2003 St. George's 100 m Pan American Games Silver 2003 Santo Domingo 4×100 m relay World Junior Championships Gold 2002 Kingston 100 m Bronze 2002 Kingston 4×100 m relay World Youth Championships Gold 2001 Debrecen 100 m

Darrel Brown (born October 11, 1984) is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 100 metres.

In the beginning of his career he performed well in World Youth and Junior Championships. At the 2000 World Junior Championships he finished fourth in both 100 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay. After setting a new World Youth Record over 100 meters at 10.24 on April 14, 2001,^[1] he then won gold medals at the 2001 World Youth Championships and the 2002 World Junior Championships. In 2002 he also won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay. He also helped win a silver medal in relay at the 2001 World Championships for seniors.

The 100 m at the 2003 World Championships saw him finishing second behind Kim Collins. In addition to the silver medal, he set the junior world record of 10.01 seconds in the quarter finals stage. He also won a relay silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games, and an individual gold medal at the 2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships.

In June 2005 he set a new personal best with 9.99, thus becoming one of the few athletes to run below 10 seconds. At the 2005 World Championships, Brown was knocked out in the semi finals with 10.16 seconds. In the relay event, however, he won a silver medal with the Trinidad and Tobago team in a new national record of 38.10 seconds. He later finished fourth at the 2005 World Athletics Final. He also won two gold medals at the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships.

Half a year later, at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, he exited in the quarter-finals. The same thing happened at the 2008 Olympic Games. He won another individual gold medal at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships.

He competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals of the 100 metres, but he pulled up in the race, finishing in 10.93 seconds.

Personal bests

Event	Time (seconds)	Venue	Date
55 metres	6.15	Gainesville, Florida, United States	9 February 2003
60 metres	6.59	Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States	14 February 2004
100 metres	9.99	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	25 June 2005
200 metres	20.41	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	6 May 2001

• All information taken from IAAF Profile.^[2]

References

1. ^ Shah, Raffique (May 4, 2001), "Brown ranked above Boldon ...but 17 year-old sprinter won't race at World Championships", Trinicenter.com, http://www.trinicenter.com/Raffique/2001/May/042001.htm 
2. ^ "Brown, Darrel biography". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=0/athcode=170098/index.html. Retrieved 2009-06-02. 

External links

• IAAF profile for Darrel Brown
• IAAF "Focus on Athletes" article
• Best of Trinidad

Records
Preceded by Dwain Chambers	Men's World Junior Record Holder, 100 metres 24 August 2003 – present	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Brown, Darrel
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1984-10-11
Place of birth	Arima, Trinidad
Date of death
Place of death