Fran Brown (born 10 October 1984) is a British para-athlete across multiple disciplines. She is a nine-time world champion in paracycling from the 2022, 2023 and 2024 UCI Para-cycling World Championships in the C1 classification, across road and track events, a two-time former paraclimbing Lead world champion from 2012, and the 2019 PTS2 world and three-time European champion in paratriathlon. She won her first Paralympic Games medal, a silver in the combined road time trial for C1, 2 and 3 athletes, in 2024.

Biography Brown grew up in Cornwall, attending Truro School. She studied lighting technology at Cardiff University and worked as deputy chief electrician for stage theatre productions in London. While at work, Brown suffered a 16-foot fall, dislocating three vertebrae in her neck.

Paraclimbing Brown, who had climbed as a child, returned to the sport after her injury. In 2012, she became the paraclimbing world champion, the first British person to hold the title.

Paratriathlon In 2018, Brown won the silver medal in her category at the ITU World Championships. In 2019, she became the paratriathlon world champion and European champion in the PTS2 category.

Results Brown's competition results are listed below. Unless indicated otherwise, the competitions are paratriathlons. DateCompetitionRank2023-08-12UCI Para Cycling World Championships Glasgow 2023 5× gold 1× silver2022-08-04UCI Para Cycling Road World Championships Bae Comeau Canada 2022 C1 TT gold RR gold2019-09-14Valencia ETU Paratriathlon European Championships12019-09-01ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Lausanne12019-08-17Tokyo ITU Paratriathlon World Cup22019-06-28Groupe Copley World Paratriathlon Series MontrealDNS2019-05-18Yokohama ITU World Paratriathlon Series22018-09-15ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Gold Coast22018-07-19Tartu ETU Triathlon European Championships12018-06-30Iseo - Franciacorta ITU World Paratriathlon Series22018-05-12Yokohama ITU World Paratriathlon Series32017-09-15ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam32017-07-28Edmonton ITU World Paratriathlon Series32017-06-16Kitzbuhel ETU Triathlon European Championships22016-08-14GBR Paratriathlon National Championships1 DNF = Did not finish

DNS = Did not start

DSQ = Disqualified

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