Ian Warwick Brown (born April 4, 1954) was an Australian sailor and coach who won the bronze medal for competitive sailing in the 1976 Olympics, 470 class.

He also secured second place in the 1974 World Championship contest held in Stockholm, Sweden,[4] " Brown had brought over a new “wedge” design – a wide stern, flatter skiff than the Europeans were then using.

It led immediately, after these Worlds, to the Europeans adopting the design and adding detachable tube wings with canvas trampolines.

His program had World Championship wins in Olympic disciplines: Mistral One Design Sailboard - Lars Kleppich, Tornado Clases - Bundock and Forbes, Men's Olympic 470 - Tom King & Mark Turnbull, Star Class - Colin Beashel & David Giles, 49er Class - Chris Nicholson & Daniel Phillips.

In 1993, he and his crew, John Dorling and Barry Watson managed to achieve the 2nd spot in the 1993 Etchells Class World Championship, Brisbane, Australia.

His most recent National Title wins are in the Farr 40 as tactician 2005, stepping in to skipper four heats with Martin Burke for Ian McCrossin and his team.

[7] Interestingly Ian and Nathan put in a rushed SB20 charter boat effort with Tom Slingsby, who boasted his first attempt at being a forward hand during the 2011 SB20 World Championships at Torquay UK.