Grace Brown (cyclist)

Grace Brown
Brown at the 2020 Flèche Wallonne
Personal information
Full nameGrace Brown
Nickname
Born (1992-07-07) 7 July 1992 (age 32)[3]
Camperdown, Victoria, Australia
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Team information
Current teamFDJ–Suez
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
2015–2016St Kilda Cycling Club
2016Route 33[4]
2017–2018Holden Team Gusto Racing[5]
Professional teams
2018Wiggle High5
2019–2021Mitchelton–Scott[6][7]
2022–FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
Olympic Games Time Trial (2024)
World Time Trial Championships (2024)
National Time Trial Championships (2019, 2022-2024)
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2024)
Classic Brugge–De Panne (2021)
Brabantse Pijl (2020)
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Women's road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Time trial
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Time trial
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Zurich Time trial
Gold medal – first place 2024 Zurich Mixed team relay
Silver medal – second place 2022 Wollongong Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2023 Stirling Time trial

Grace Brown (born 7 July 1992) is an Australian road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam FDJ–Suez.[8] Brown competed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She just missed out on a medal in the women’s time trial, finishing fourth. She also competed in the women's road race where she came 47th.[9][10] At the 2024 Paris Olympics she won the gold medal in the women's individual time trial event.

  1. ^ "Meet The Team". Holden Team Gusto. Archived from the original on 7 March 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. ^ Malseed, Shannon (28 July 2017). "WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT TEAM BLOG: SHANNON MALSEED – THE INSIDE SCOOP". Cycling Australia. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  3. ^ Grace Brown at Cycling Archives accessed 14 January 2018
  4. ^ Vella-Wright, Jarrah (23 July 2016). "GRACE BROWN TRANSITIONS FROM RUNNING TO CYCLING". Cycling Victoria. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Brown's star on the rise in the Subaru NRS". Cycle Sport News. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Mitchelton-Scott women announce 10-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  7. ^ Weislo, Laura (8 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: Mitchelton-Scott Women". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Team BikeExchange". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Grace BROWN". Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.