Joanna Brown

Joanna Brown was born on November 12, 1992, in Carp, Ontario. She engaged in various sports, including soccer and cross-country running, during her youth. At age 14, in 2006, she participated in her first triathlon after a few weeks of training. The following year, she joined the Bytown Storm Triathlon Team in Ottawa, marking her commitment to the sport. Her international career began in 2009, and in 2010, she earned a bronze medal at the ITU World Junior Championship Grand Final. This achievement confirmed her aspirations to compete at the Olympic Games.

Brown joined the Canadian national team in 2011 and debuted in the ITU World Cup that season. In 2012, she made her ITU World Triathlon Series debut, secured four podium finishes in Pan American Cup races, including one victory, and won a bronze medal at the ITU World U23 Championships. She competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, finishing 13th. The year 2017 marked a significant development in her career; she won her first World Cup medal, a silver in New Plymouth, and claimed two more World Cup podiums. She also secured her second national title and achieved fourth and fifth-place finishes in World Triathlon Series events.

In 2018, Brown earned a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, which was Canada’s first medal at the event. She also finished fourth in a World Triathlon Series event in Montreal that year. In April 2019, she achieved a bronze medal at the World Triathlon Series in Bermuda, becoming only the third Canadian woman to reach the podium on the elite triathlon circuit. That July, she was part of Canada’s fifth-place team at the ITU Mixed Relay World Championships. Joanna Brown made her Olympic debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games, competing in both the individual and mixed relay events. She is also pursuing a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing Management at the University of Guelph.