Meet the Brownlees!

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...

Appearing 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

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 to the Grand Final. He famously ran out of steam within a few hundred metres of the finishing line at the Grand Final in Cozumel, Mexico, and was carried over the line by brother, Alistair. He finished second in the race, and second in the ITU World Series, missing out on the world title by just four points to Mario Mola of Spain.

Jonny has been a valuable member of Mixed Relay teams. He has been part of Great Britain’s winning teams at the ITU World Championships in 2011, 2012 and 2014. He helped Team England win Commonwealth Gold in 2014 and silver in 2018.

Alistair is the only triathlete to have won two Olympic gold medals. He has been to three Olympic Games, winning gold in London 2012 and Rio 2016. He’s also won world, European and Commonwealth gold medals. He is based at the Leeds Triathlon Performance Centre.

The older of the Brownlee Brothers, Alistair became the first British triathlete to win an Olympic medal since the sport was introduced to the Games in Sydney 2000. Alistair’s younger brother Jonathan won the bronze medal in London, and a silver medal in Rio.

He has twice won the ITU World title (2009 and 2011) and has twice won the ITU Mixed Team Relay world title (2011 and 2014). He also won the European title (2010, 2011 & 2014) won the individual and mixed relay titles at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Now also competing over middle distance, Alistair finished second at the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships in 2018.

Alistair was introduced to triathlon by his uncle, Simon Hearnshaw. As a junior, he was a successful fell and cross-country runner, coming second in the English Junior Cross Country Championships and winning the Yorkshire County title on several occasions.