BROWNLEE BROTHERS
Brothers in Arms Opening this year’s show are the most exciting pair of brothers to enter the world of professional athletics for many years – the Brownlees...
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ppearing courtesy of OTE Sports, the Brownlees’ official sports nutrition partner, the champion triathlete siblings will cut the ribbon to officially open the 2019 Show, ahead of appearing on stage for a Q&A - where they will impart their highly valuable advice on what it takes to compete at the very highest level in triathlon. Following the Q&A, the pair will head to the OTE Sports stand to meet and greet with visitors, sign autographs and offer expertise on everything from nutrition to improving swimming technique. Jonny is an Olympic silver and bronze medal winner as well as multiple ITU world champion. He won Olympic 6
bronze in London 2012 and upgraded to silver in Rio 2016 behind his older brother, Alistair. He is a member of the UK Sport Lottery Funded World-Class Performance Squad and trains at the Leeds Performance Centre. Jonny has followed his brother closely, winning European and world junior and U23 honors before breaking in to the senior ranks in 2010. In that year he went from being a talented junior to a senior ITU world sprint champion and a podium finisher in the ITU World Series. He was also an emphatic winner of the U23 world title in Budapest in September 2010. He won the ITU world title in Auckland in 2012 after winning World Series rounds in San Diego, Madrid and Stockholm. He has also finished second in 2011, 2013 and 2016, and third in 2014. In 2016 Jonny finished on the podium in all five of the ITU World Triathlon Series races he featured in leading up
