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Damian Brown

Damian Brown

Australian weightlifter (born 1970)

For the Irish rugby player, see Damian Browne. For other people, see Damien Brown (disambiguation).

Damian Brown (born 20 March 1970 in Adelaide) is an Australian weightlifter who competed at three Olympic Games[1] and four Commonwealth Games.

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He competed at the 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Olympics in the middleweight class. His best result was fourteenth in 2000.

At the Commonwealth Games, Brown won four gold medals, a silver medal and three bronze medals between 1990 and 2002.[2][3] He was Australia's flag bearer during the opening ceremony for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[4]

He was an ambassador for Australia Day in the local area.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Damian Brown". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Commonwealth Games Results". Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Weightlifting:Damian Brown". 19 September 2010.
  4. [4]
    "Games get stylish opening". 25 July 2002.
  5. [5]
    "Olympic Games weightlifter named region's Australia Day ambassador | Photos". 18 January 2018.
  • Profile at Australian Olympic Committee


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