Graeme Brown
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Graeme Allen Brown OAM
(born 9 April 1979 in Darwin
, Northern Territory
) is a professional cyclist
and dual Olympic gold medallist from Australia.
, which is a professional cycling team on the UCI ProTour
, and also of the Randwick Botany Cycling Club.
Brown's greatest success as a road cyclist has been in the Tour de Langkawi in Malaysia, including a record breaking 5 stage wins in 2005 and winning the Points Classification in 2003 and 2005.
As a track cyclist he won a gold medal
at the 2004 Summer Olympics
in Athens
as a member of the team pursuit
(with Bradley McGee
, Brett Lancaster
, and Luke Roberts
) in world record breaking time of 3:58.233. He also won a gold medal with Stuart O'Grady
for the Madison
event at the 2004 Summer Olympics
. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games
in Manchester
he won two gold medals: for the Team pursuit
, and the Scratch Race
.
gave sworn evidence that named Shane Kelly
, Sean Eadie
, Jobie Dajka
and Graeme Brown were riders who often injected vitamins and supplements in his room. 13 ampoules labelled EquiGen (equine growth hormone, an illegal doping agent), syringes and vitamins had been discovered by cleaners outside French's boarding room at the Australian Institute of Sport
. On testing some of the syringes were also found to contain the EquiGen hormone. French's lifetime ban was ultimately exonerated on appeal and Brown himself was never charged with any offense.
, an outer suburb of Sydney. He is married to former Australian women's cycling representative Hayley Rutherford.
Medal (OAM) in the 2005 Australia Day Honours List. Other awards include NSW cyclist of the year.
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
(born 9 April 1979 in Darwin
Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...
, Northern Territory
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...
) is a professional cyclist
Cycling
Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...
and dual Olympic gold medallist from Australia.
Cycling career - road and track
Brown is a member of RabobankRabobank (cycling)
Rabobank is a professional bicycle racing team, sponsored by the Rabobank. The team consists of three sections: ProTeam , Continental , and Cyclo-cross...
, which is a professional cycling team on the UCI ProTour
UCI ProTour
The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the UCI . Created by Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, it comprises a number of 'ProTour' cycling teams, each of whom are required to compete in every round of the series...
, and also of the Randwick Botany Cycling Club.
Brown's greatest success as a road cyclist has been in the Tour de Langkawi in Malaysia, including a record breaking 5 stage wins in 2005 and winning the Points Classification in 2003 and 2005.
As a track cyclist he won a gold medal
Gold medal
A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
as a member of the team pursuit
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Team Pursuit Men
The men's team pursuit event in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of matches between two teams of four cyclists. The teams started at opposite ends of the track. They had 16 laps in which to catch the other cyclist...
(with Bradley McGee
Bradley McGee
Bradley John McGee OAM is an Australian former professional racing cyclist. He is currently a directeur sportif for UCI ProTeam Team Saxo Bank and the personal coach of young Australian rider Richie Porte. He started cycling in 1986 at the age of ten...
, Brett Lancaster
Brett Lancaster
Brett Lancaster is a professional racing cyclist from Australia, currently riding for UCI ProTeam . He started cycle racing at the age of 14 in 1993. He spent four years riding for before moving to Team Milram in July 2006...
, and Luke Roberts
Luke Roberts
Luke Roberts is an Australian racing cyclist specialising in both track cycling and road bicycle racing, on for road racing....
) in world record breaking time of 3:58.233. He also won a gold medal with Stuart O'Grady
Stuart O'Grady
Stuart O'Grady OAM , nicknamed Stuey, is an Australian professional road bicycle racer on UCI ProTeam , who started as a track cyclist. He and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in Men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics...
for the Madison
Madison (cycling)
The madison is a team event in track cycling, named after the first Madison Square Garden in New York, and known as the "American race" in French and in Italian and Spanish as Americana.-History:...
event at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics had 18 events in three disciplines:*Road cycling, held at the Athens historic centre and in Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre ....
. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games
2002 Commonwealth Games
The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...
in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
he won two gold medals: for the Team pursuit
Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, start on opposite sides of the velodrome.- Race format :...
, and the Scratch Race
Scratch Race (cycling)
A scratch race is a cycling race in which all contestants start from scratch . Finishing order is based on the final order across the line at the completion of the race; there are no intermediate points or sprints....
.
Mark French drug scandal
At a hearing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport cyclist Mark FrenchMark French
Mark French is a retired Australian sprint cyclist. He started cycling competitively relatively late at the age of 15, in 1999...
gave sworn evidence that named Shane Kelly
Shane Kelly
Shane John Kelly OAM is a former professional Australian track racing cyclist. Kelly specialized in the men's 1000 m time trial, commonly known as the Kilo. Kelly announced his retirement from international competition at the end of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics...
, Sean Eadie
Sean Eadie
Sean Eadie is a retired professional track cyclist. He lives in Como, New South Wales . He started cycling at 10 and became a professional in 1990. Despite competitive aggression on the track, he is a "gentle giant" off the track. Prior to becoming a full time cyclist, Eadie was a kindergarten...
, Jobie Dajka
Jobie Dajka
Jobie Lee Dajka was an Australian professional track cyclist from Adelaide, South Australia.- Biography :Dajka received an AIS Junior Athlete of the Year award in 1999, and an Achievement Award in 2002 and 2003...
and Graeme Brown were riders who often injected vitamins and supplements in his room. 13 ampoules labelled EquiGen (equine growth hormone, an illegal doping agent), syringes and vitamins had been discovered by cleaners outside French's boarding room at the Australian Institute of Sport
Australian Institute of Sport
The Australian Institute of Sport is a sports training institution in Australia with world class facilities and support services. The Institute's headquarters is situated in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The 66.0 hectare site campus is in the northern suburb of Bruce, but some of the...
. On testing some of the syringes were also found to contain the EquiGen hormone. French's lifetime ban was ultimately exonerated on appeal and Brown himself was never charged with any offense.
Personal life
Brown hails from MenaiMenai, New South Wales
Menai is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Menai is located 29 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire.-History:...
, an outer suburb of Sydney. He is married to former Australian women's cycling representative Hayley Rutherford.
Awards and recognition
Brown was awarded the Order of AustraliaOrder of Australia
The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
Medal (OAM) in the 2005 Australia Day Honours List. Other awards include NSW cyclist of the year.
Major Results
1996- 1st
Olympic Sprint U19 Australian Titles
1997
- 1st
World U19 Team Pursuit Champion - 1st Teams Pursuit U19 Australian Titles
1998
- 1st Stage 8 Commonwealth Bank Cycle Classic
1999
- 1st Points Race Australian Titles
- 1st Team Pursuit Track World Cup
- 1st Teams Pursuit Oceania Intl Grand Prix
2000
- 1st Teams Pursuit Australian Titles
- 1st Madison Track World Cup
2001
- 1st Stage 1 Tour Down UnderTour Down UnderThe Tour Down Under is a cycling race in Adelaide, South Australia and surrounding area. The race starts on the third Tuesday of January each year and attracts riders from across Australia and the world. In 2005, the Tour Down Under was promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale to the...
- 1st Stage 6 Giro delle Regioni
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Japan
2002
- 1st
Teams Pursuit 2002 Commonwealth Games2002 Commonwealth GamesThe 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester... - 1st Scratch Race 2002 Commonwealth Games2002 Commonwealth GamesThe 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...
- 1st Points Race Track World Cup
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Stage 10 Tour de Langkawi
2003
- 1st Team Pursuit World Titles
- 1st Australian Madison Champion with Mark Renshaw
- 1st Stage 6 Tour Down UnderTour Down UnderThe Tour Down Under is a cycling race in Adelaide, South Australia and surrounding area. The race starts on the third Tuesday of January each year and attracts riders from across Australia and the world. In 2005, the Tour Down Under was promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale to the...
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Points Classification
- 1st Points classification Perth Criterium Series
2004
- 1st
OlympicCycling at the 2004 Summer OlympicsCycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics had 18 events in three disciplines:*Road cycling, held at the Athens historic centre and in Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre ....
Team Pursuit - 1st OlympicCycling at the 2004 Summer OlympicsCycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics had 18 events in three disciplines:*Road cycling, held at the Athens historic centre and in Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre ....
MadisonMadison (cycling)The madison is a team event in track cycling, named after the first Madison Square Garden in New York, and known as the "American race" in French and in Italian and Spanish as Americana.-History:...
(with Stuart O'GradyStuart O'GradyStuart O'Grady OAM , nicknamed Stuey, is an Australian professional road bicycle racer on UCI ProTeam , who started as a track cyclist. He and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in Men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics...
)
2005
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Stage 9 Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Stage 10 Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Points Classification
2006
- 1st Stage 4 Deutschland TourDeutschland TourThe Deutschland Tour was the most important multi-stage road bicycle race in Germany. Initially the race was held in May/June. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI ProTour and has been moved to August...
- 1st Stage 8 Deutschland TourDeutschland TourThe Deutschland Tour was the most important multi-stage road bicycle race in Germany. Initially the race was held in May/June. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI ProTour and has been moved to August...
2007
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of California
- 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a MurciaVuelta a MurciaThe Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The race consists of a men's competition over five stages and is part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs....
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Pologne2007 Tour de PologneThe 2007 Tour de Pologne will be held from September 9 to 15, 2007 in Poland. The race will begin with a very short team time trial in the streets of Warsaw and have its toughest stages, once again, in the proximity of Jelenia Góra. In all, the race will comprise seven stages.-Jersey progress...
2008
- 1st Trofeo Cala Millor-Cala Bona
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a MurciaVuelta a MurciaThe Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The race consists of a men's competition over five stages and is part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs....
- 1st Stage 3 Tour Down UnderTour Down UnderThe Tour Down Under is a cycling race in Adelaide, South Australia and surrounding area. The race starts on the third Tuesday of January each year and attracts riders from across Australia and the world. In 2005, the Tour Down Under was promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale to the...
2009
- 1st Stage 3 Tour Down UnderTour Down UnderThe Tour Down Under is a cycling race in Adelaide, South Australia and surrounding area. The race starts on the third Tuesday of January each year and attracts riders from across Australia and the world. In 2005, the Tour Down Under was promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale to the...
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a MurciaVuelta a MurciaThe Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The race consists of a men's competition over five stages and is part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs....
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a MurciaVuelta a MurciaThe Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The race consists of a men's competition over five stages and is part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs....
- 1st Nokere-KoerseNokere-KoerseNokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour....
2010
- 1st Stage 1 Bay Classic SeriesBay Classic SeriesThe Bay Classic Series is a road cycling race held in and around Port Phillip Bay in Victoria, Australia. The race consists of both a men's and a women's competition over five stages....
- 1st Stage 8 Tour of Austria