Julie Brown (athlete)

Julie Brown
Winning a high school track race in 1973
Personal information
Full nameJulie Ann Brown
NationalityAmerican
Born (1955-02-04) February 4, 1955 (age 69)
Billings, Montana
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight108 lb (49 kg)
Sport
CountryUSA
SportAthletics
Event(s)800m--2:00.2 1500m--4:06.4, Mile--4:30.23, 3000m--8:58.27, 5000m--15:39.5, cross-country-(No time), marathon--2:26:24[1]
TeamAdidas
Coached byBill Dellinger
1983-85
Retired1987
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  United States
IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 1975 Rabat Long course
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1979 San Juan 800 m
Silver medal – second place 1979 San Juan 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 1979 San Juan 3000 m
Olympic Boycott Games
Silver medal – second place 1980 Philadelphia 1500 m

Julie Ann Brown (born February 4, 1955)[2] is retired distance runner. She won the IAAF World Cross Country Championship in 1975 and represented the United States in the 1984 Summer Olympics in the women's marathon.[3]

Brown set the American women's marathon record at the Nike OTC Marathon in 1978, running 2:36:23.[4]

Brown concentrated on track and cross-country running prior to the Olympic trials but a victory in the Avon Women's Marathon in 1983 convinced her that she could qualify for the Olympic marathon team. She ran a conservative race staying in the pack until the midway point and broke away finishing second, 37 seconds behind the Olympic trials winner, Joan Benoit Samuelson.[5] She broke the 10,000 metres world record setting a time of 35:00.4 minutes in 1975.[6]

After her track career, Brown received her J.D. from Western State University and, joined a law firm as an attorney. In 1995 Brown, opened a law practice in San Diego, CA [7]

  1. ^ Bloom, Marc (2001). Run with the Champions. Rodale Inc. pp. 171. ISBN 9781579542900.
  2. ^ "Julie Brown Biography and Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  3. ^ Moran, Malcolm (6 August 1984). "Marathon - Gonzales Fans' Olympic Trip Plan Backfires". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. p. 7B. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  4. ^ Marathon Record New York Road Runners[dead link]
  5. ^ Julie A. Brown Starting Line 1928
  6. ^ "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 643. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference MHSA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).