Graeme Brown

For the footballer, see Graeme Brown (footballer).

For the journalist, see Graeme Brown (journalist).

Graeme Brown

Brown at the 2010 Bay Classic Series
Personal information
Full name	Graeme Allen Brown
Nickname	Brownie
Born	(1979-04-09) 9 April 1979 (age 45) Darwin, Australia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Disciplines	Road Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Amateur team
Randwick Botany Cycling Club
Professional teams
2002–2005	Ceramiche Panaria–Fiordo
2006–2014	Rabobank
2015–2016	Drapac Professional Cycling
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2004 Athens 4000m Team Pursuit 2004 Athens Madison Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester 4000m Team Pursuit 2002 Manchester Scratch Race

Graeme Allen Brown OAM (born 9 April 1979 in Darwin, Northern Territory) is an Australian former professional cyclist,^[1] who competed professionally between 2002 and 2016 for the Ceramica Panaria–Navigare, Belkin Pro Cycling and Drapac Professional Cycling teams.

A former Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder,^[2] Brown's greatest success as a road cyclist came 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.^[3]

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.

Mark French accusations

At a hearing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, cyclist Mark French gave sworn evidence that named Shane Kelly, Sean Eadie, Jobie Dajka, and Graeme Brown as riders who often injected vitamins and supplements in his room.^[4][5] 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.^[5] On testing, some of the syringes were also found to contain the EquiGen hormone.^[5] French's lifetime ban was ultimately overturned on appeal, and Brown himself was never charged with any offense.

Personal life

Brown hails from Menai, an outer suburb of Sydney. He has three sons and a daughter. Recently^[when?] married Brooke Colton.

Career achievements

Brown at the 2009 Tour Down Under

Major results

Sources:^[1][6]

1996

1st Sprint, National Junior Track Championships

1997

1st Team pursuit, UCI Junior Track World Championships

1st Team pursuit, National Junior Track Championships

1998

1st Stage 8 Commonwealth Bank Cycle Classic

1999

UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics

1st Team pursuit, Frisco

1st Team pursuit, Cali

1st Points race, National Track Championships

1st Team pursuit, Oceania International Grand Prix

2000

UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Cali

1st Madison

2nd Team pursuit

1st Team pursuit, National Track Championships

2001

1st Stage 1 Tour Down Under

1st Stage 6 Giro delle Regioni

1st Stage 6 Tour of Japan

6th Circuito del Porto

2002

1st Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Moscow

Commonwealth Games

1st Team pursuit

1st Scratch

Tour de Langkawi

1st Stages 6 & 10

2003

1st Team pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1st Madison, National Track Championships (with Mark Renshaw)

Tour de Langkawi

1st Points classification

1st Stages 5 & 7

1st Points classification Perth Criterium Series

1st Stage 6 Tour Down Under

2004

Olympic Games

1st Team pursuit

1st Madison (with Stuart O'Grady)

2005

Tour de Langkawi

1st Points classification

1st Stages 1, 5, 7, 9 & 10

2nd Coppa Bernocchi

3rd Giro della Romagna

2006

1st Tour de Rijke

Deutschland Tour

1st Stages 4 & 8

3rd Ronde van Midden-Zeeland

5th Classic Haribo

5th Scheldeprijs

5th Noord-Nederland Tour

8th International Grand Prix Doha

2007

1st Stage 1 Tour of California

1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Murcia

1st Stage 2 Tour de Pologne

2nd Overall Niedersachsen Rundfahrt

2nd Ronde van het Groene Hart

2nd Rund um Köln

2nd Tour de Rijke

4th Ronde van Midden-Zeeland

5th Scheldeprijs

2008

1st Trofeo Cala Millor-Cala Bona

1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Murcia

1st Stage 3 Tour Down Under

2nd Trofeo Mallorca

3rd Clásica de Almería

2009

1st Nokere Koerse

1st Omloop van het Houtland

1st Stage 3 Tour Down Under

Vuelta a Murcia

1st Stages 1 & 5

2nd Trofeo Cala Millor

2nd Clásica de Almería

2nd Ronde van het Groene Hart

2nd Dutch Food Valley Classic

5th Batavus Prorace

2010

1st Stage 1 Bay Classic Series

1st Stage 8 Tour of Austria

3rd Overall Delta Tour Zeeland

3rd Clásica de Almería

4th Ronde van het Groene Hart

5th Rund um Köln

2011

3rd Nokere Koerse

10th Overall Delta Tour Zeeland

2012

6th Handzame Classic

2013

4th Omloop van het Houtland

2015

8th Road race, Oceania Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Giro d'Italia	DNF	DNF	—	—	DNF	DNF	DNF	—	130	DNF	DNF	—
Tour de France	Did not contest during career
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

Awards and honours

Brown was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the 2005 Australia Day Honours List.^[7]

References

1. "Brown at Procyclingstats.com". Procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
2. AIS Athletes at the Olympics Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
3. "An interview with Graeme Brown". CyclingNews.com. 29 November 2005. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
4. Herald Sun: Cyclist Mark French back in the thick of the action. Archived 2008-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
5. "Australian cycling rocked by drugs claims". The Independent. 18 June 2004. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
6. "Graeme Brown". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
7. "Stolle, Miller, Mark Waugh named in honours list". ABC News and Current Affairs. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 26 January 2005. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Australian Cycling Federation Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 June 2005)
• Graeme Brown at trap-friis.dk
• Graeme Brown at UCI
• Graeme Brown at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Graeme Brown at ProCyclingStats
• Graeme Brown at Cycling Quotient
• Graeme Brown at CycleBase