Alistair Brownlee

For the radio presenter, see Ali Brownlee.

Alistair Brownlee
MBE
Brownlee at Our Greatest Team Parade in 2012
Personal information
NicknameAl
Born (1988-04-23) 23 April 1988 (age 36)[1]
Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England
EducationBradford Grammar School, University of Leeds & Leeds Metropolitan University
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Weight70 kg (154 lb)[2]
Sport
CountryEngland / Great Britain
ClubBingley Harriers[3]
Leeds Metropolitan University
TeamCorus
Coached byMalcolm Brown
Jack Maitland[4]
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Men's triathlon
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Individual
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual
ITU Triathlon World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Gold Coast Individual
Gold medal – first place 2011 Lausanne Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Beijing Individual
Gold medal – first place 2014 Hamburg Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Lausanne Sprint
Ironman 70.3 World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2019 Nice Individual
Silver medal – second place 2018 Port Elizabeth Individual
European Triathlon Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Athlone Individual
Gold medal – first place 2011 Pontevedra Individual
Gold medal – first place 2014 Kitzbuhel Individual
Gold medal – first place 2019 Weert Individual
ITU Triathlon Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Lausanne Junior
Gold medal – first place 2008 Vancouver U23
Silver medal – second place 2007 Hamburg Junior
European Junior Triathlon Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Autun Junior
Gold medal – first place 2007 Copenhagen Junior
Men's duathlon
ITU Duathlon World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Corner Brook Junior
Men's aquathlon
ITU Aquathlon World Championships
Gold medal – first place Cozumel 2016 Individual
Representing  England
Men's triathlon
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow Triathlon
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow Mixed team relay
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team relay

Alistair Edward Brownlee MBE (born 23 April 1988) is an English former triathlete. He is the only athlete to hold two Olympic titles in the individual triathlon event, winning gold medals in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. He is also a four-time World Champion in triathlon being Triathlon World Champion twice (2009, 2011) and World Team Champion (2011, 2014) twice, a four-time European Champion (2010, 2011, 2014, 2019), and the 2014 Commonwealth champion. Brownlee is the only male athlete, (and one of the two athletes with Cassandre Beaugrand), to have completed a grand slam of Olympic, World, and continental championships. Brownlee is also a one-time world champion in aquathlon. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest male Triathletes ever.

His younger brother Jonathan Brownlee is also a decorated triathlete. Along with long-time Spanish rivals Mario Mola and Javier Gómez, and Frenchman Vincent Luis, the Brownlee brothers were considered the dominant male Olympic distance triathletes of the 2010s, and the Brownlees were particularly dominant in the Olympic triathlon races themselves, winning three gold, one silver and one bronze medal between them.

Brownlee was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to sport.[5][6] Brownlee retired from triathlon in November 2024.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Alistair Brownlee". Corus. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
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  3. ^ "Top results for multisporters at Regional Cross Country Champs". UK: British Triathlon. 26 January 2009. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2009. Alistair Brownlee (Bingley Harriers) started his year strongly with a tenth place position at Sherdley Park
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  5. ^ "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 24.
  6. ^ "2013 New Year's Honours" (PDF). Cabinetoffice.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
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