Paralympics Day 6 Preview: Danielle Brown
Date of birth:
10 April 1988
Event:
Women's Individual Compound
Hometown:
Telford
Paralympics history:
2008 Beijing Paralympic Games
Women’s Individual Compound (Open): gold
The reigning Paralympic champion, Brown first made a name for herself in the 2007 World Championships when she won two golds - at just 17. She's won three successive medals at the World Championships with the most recent being in Turin in 2011. Brown has also found success in able-bodied events, winning a Team gold medal at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games. She was the first athlete with a disability to be selected to represent England at a Commonwealth Games in a non-disabled team.