Stephen Brown (canoeist)
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1981 Nottingham | K-4 10000 m |
Stephen Brown (born 9 May 1956) is a British canoe sprinter who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 10000 m event at the 1981 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Nottingham.
Early life
[edit]He lived at 36 Devon Drive.[1] In 1976 he was a pattern maker at a Loughborough foundry.
Career
[edit]Brown also competed two Summer Olympics, but did not reach the finals in either of those games. At the 1976 Summer Olympics, he was eliminated in the repechage round of the K-2 1000 m event. Four years later in Moscow, Brown was disqualified in the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event.
Personal life
[edit]He later shared a house in Keyworth with fellow canoeist Norman Mason.
References
[edit]- ^ Nottingham Guardian Monday 28 June 1971, page 9
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Sports-reference.com profile