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David Brown (parathlete)
American sprinter (born 1992) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David Brown (born October 19, 1992) is a visually impaired American sprint runner. He competed over 100–400 m distances at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympics and 2013 and 2015 world championships and won the 100 m event in 2015 and 2016.[2] He currently holds the world record in the 200 m run for the T11 class and previously held world and Paralympic records for the 100 m run (T11), being the first totally blind athlete to run within 11 seconds.[1][3][4]
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![]() Brown and Avery at the 2015 Parapan American Games | |
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Born | (1992-10-19) October 19, 1992 (age 31) Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.[1] |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] |
Weight | 168 lb (76 kg) |
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Sport | Paralympic athletics |
Disability class | T11 |
Event | Sprint |
Coached by | Joaquim Cruz |
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