Alistair Brownlee Profile

Gender: Male

Country: GBR

Athlete Year of Birth: 1988

Athlete Place of Birth: Horsforth, England

Athlete Weight: 62 kg

Athlete Height: 176 cm

Athlete Lives: Horsforth GB

Website: http://www.alistairbrownlee.com

Ranked: 1 (4400pts)

Athlete Information -

Athlete Biography: Alistair was introduced to triathlon at a young age by his uncle, Simon Hearnshaw, who regularly competed in the sport. As a junior, he was a successful fell and cross country runner, coming second in the Junior English Cross Country Championships and winning the Yorkshire County title on several occasions. In 2006, Brownlee left Girton College, Cambridge where he was reading medicine to move back to Yorkshire, focus on triathlon and study at University of Leeds. He is a member of the triathlon club based at Leeds Metropolitan University's Carnegie High Performance centre. His younger brother, Jonathan Brownlee, is also a triathlete and won the 2009 European Junior Championships and finished second at the 2009 ITU Triathlon Junior World Championships. Brownlee represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the triathlon event, finishing in 12th place and first British competitor. During the 2008 season, his best world cup finish was third place in Madrid and he also won the under 23 world championship. Brownlee won the 2009 Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship - winning all five of the season's events in which he competed. He was victorious in Madrid, Washington D.C., Kitzbuhel and London before winning the Grand Final, held on Australia's Gold Coast, on 12 September, and thereby became the first person to win the ITU Triathlon World Championships titles for Junior Men (2006), Under 23 Men (2008) and Senior Men (2009).

Athlete Sponsors: Frogmore, Adidas, Blue Seventy, Boardman, Gatorade, Garmin.

Athlete Language: English

Athlete Other Sports: Cross Country, Fell Running

Athlete Education: Bradford Grammar 10-18, Leeds University

Athlete Sports Hero: Jos Naylor

Athlete Proudest Moment: Winning World Junior Champs Winning English Schools cross country champs

Athlete Coach: Jack Maitland and Malcolm Brown

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