Brittany Brown (sprinter)

Brittany Brown (born April 18, 1995) is an American sprinter. She won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships in the 200 m event.

Career
Attending Claremont High School, she set the all time 100m school record with a time of 11.49s (+2.2w) and the wind legal school record of 11.59s (+1.7) both of which still stand. Going alongside her 100m school records she also set the all time 200m record with a time of 23.68s (+3.1w) and the wind legal record of 23.79s (+0.6).

In 2019, Brown won the 300m event at the US Indoor Championships in a championship record of 35.95 s. She was selected for the 200m at the World Championships after finishing second in the event at the US Championships, she won the silver medal in the final, in a new PB of 22.22, finishing behind Dina Asher-Smith.

In 2020 Brown signed a contract with Adidas that took her through the 2024 US Olympic Trials.

In 2022, she set new PBs in both the 100m and 200m, with 10.96s and 21.99, respectively. Brown won the 200m at the NACAC Championships, held at the Grand Bahama Sports Complex, Freeport, Bahamas, in 22.35 s (0.3).

At the 2023 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships, Brown placed second in the 100m with a personal best time of 10.90, thus qualifying her for the 2023 World Athletics Championships where she made the final, finishing 7th.

Brown won her first Diamond League meeting at the Bislett Games, running 22.32 from lane eight. At the 2024 USATF Olympic Trials in Eugene, she placed 2nd in the 200m in a new personal best of 21.90 (0.6 m/s wind), behind Gabby Thomas and just ahead of McKenzie Long, to qualify for her maiden Olympic Games in Paris.

On July 18, 2024 Brown announced that she had signed a contract with Nike.