The younger of the two Brownlee brothers, Jonny has taken home multiple medals at European and World Championships as well as Commonwealth and Olympic Games. His most recent coming as he took silver at the 2023 European Championships in Madrid.
Jonny’s 2022 season was impacted by injury following a crash at AJ Bell 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series Leeds, an injury that would rule him out of a home Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. He would return to action with a 16th-place finish at World Triathlon Cup Bergen before silver at World Triathlon Championship Series Cagliari. He ended his year with 26th at the season ending event in Abu Dhabi.
A proud Yorkshire man, Jonny was born in Dewsbury and remained in the county during his time as a student. Attending Bradford Grammar School before moving on to complete a degree in History at Leeds University in the summer of 2012, where he achieved a 2:1. Jonny has also been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law by the University of Leeds (2013) and was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to triathlon.
In 2010, Jonny 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.
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