Laura Brown

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Laura Brown Road cycling
Laura Brown (2013)
Laura Brown (2013)
To person
Date of birth November 27, 1986
nation CanadaCanada Canada
discipline Train / street
To the team
Current team UnitedHealthcare
End of career 2016
Most important successes
Olympic games
2016 bronze - team pursuit
UCI track world championships
2014 silver - team pursuit
2013 bronze - team pursuit
Last updated: September 4, 2018

Laura Brown (born November 27, 1986 in Calgary ) is a former Canadian cyclist who was active and successful as an all-rounder in various disciplines on the track and in road cycling .

Athletic career

Laura Brown began her sports activities with gymnastics . After an injury, she looked for another suitable sport in 2002, and her mother enrolled the 14-year-old daughter for the Fast and the Curious program at the National Cycling Center in Calgary.

In 2008, Laura Brown was the Canadian track team chase champion with Jennifer Trew and Stephanie Roorda ; in the single pursuit she took third place. The following year she was also third in the individual time trial at national championships . At the UCI Track World Championships 2010 in Ballerup near Copenhagen , she finished sixth with the Canadian track four (with Tara Whitten and Roorda); at the Pan-American Championships in Aguascalientes she was fifth in the individual time trial.

Brown was Canadian champion a second time when she won the team sprint with Roorda ; in the Omnium , she took second place. At the Pan American Games in Guadalajara , she won the gold medal in the team pursuit with Roorda and Jasmin Glaesser , and she came third in the individual time trial.

At the UCI Track World Championships 2013 in Minsk , Laura Brown won the bronze medal in the team pursuit together with Jasmin Glaesser and Gillian Carleton , and the following year the Canadian quartet with Brown with Allison Beveridge , Jasmin Glaesser and Stephanie Roorda became vice world champion in the team pursuit . In the 2014/15 season, she had to take a break due to injuries after a fall. In 2015, the Canadian team won the team pursuit at the Pan American Games with Brown .

In 2016, Brown was nominated to participate in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . Together with Allison Beveridge , Jasmin Glaesser , Kirsti Lay and Georgia Simmerling , she won the bronze medal in the team pursuit. Since she had been a member of the national team since 2009, her comrades called her Grandma Brown .

successes

train

2008
2011
2013
2014
2015
2016

Street

2011
  • bronze Pan American Championship - Individual Time Trial

Teams

Web links

Commons : Laura Brown  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Laura Brown. In: canadiancyclist.com. November 8, 2016, accessed September 4, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Brown, Laura
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Calgary