Phil Brown (sprinter)

Philip Andrew Brown (born 6 January 1962) is a British retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

Brown's career highlight came when he competed for Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay, where, in a dramatic final 100 m, he overtook Rick Mitchell of Australia and then Innocent Egbunike of Nigeria to claim the silver medal for Great Britain with his teammates Kriss Akabusi, Garry Cook and Todd Bennett.

At the Rome World Championships of 1987, he ran another excellent final leg in 44.3, which earned the team a silver medal in a European record time of 2:58.86.

[1] Four years later he represented England and won another gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres event, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.

[3][4] Phil is now a conference speaker and was previously the Regional Director for The Duke of Edinburgh's Award in the Midlands.