At age 14, Brown reached the senior European cup finals and in 2000, Gavin won medals at the Six Nations International at Southampton.
[1] On 28 April 2007 at about 2 A.M, Gavin Brown was struck by the driver of a blue Vauxhall Astra as he walked near the Hobbit Pub, in Bevois Valley Road, Southampton.
The driver of the blue Vauxhall Astra did not stop and the car was discovered abandoned three hours later on a nearby street.
Police investigating the fatal crash soon identified Lukasz Banasik, a farm labourer, as a suspect and believed that he fled the country for his native Poland.
In October 2007, the first Gavin Brown Trophy was given at the Southampton Invitational competition held at the Quays Swimming and Diving Complex.
Winners of the trophy are divers in any of the age group events (excluding seniors) who achieves the highest raw score on a back or reverse rotating dive.
Each year the Gavin Brown trophy is awarded to the diver of the meet, which is voted on by the coaches attending the event.