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Full name | Graeme Allen Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Brownie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Darwin, Australia | 9 April 1979||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Randwick Botany Cycling Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2002–2005 | Ceramiche Panaria–Fiordo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2014 | Rabobank | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Drapac Professional Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.