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David Brown was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease at 15 months old, resulting in Glaucoma and ultimately taking his sight by the age of 13...After moving to St. Louis from Kansas City to attend the Missouri School for the Blind, Brown took up wrestlingand goalballbefore focusing on track...He first realized his dream of being a Paralympian after winning an essay contest to attend the Paralympic Games Beijing 2008...Since then, Brown earned a spot on the 2012 U.S. Paralympic Team and has become the fastest totally blind athlete in the world, holding the world record and winning Paralympic gold alongside his sighted guide Jerome Avery...Son of Francine Brown and has one older sister, Breana...Enjoys playing music in his free time. Plays the drums, piano and tenor saxophone and was formerly in a jazz band...Favourite sport is basketballoutside of track and his favorite team is the Chicago Bulls...Heroes are his mom, grandpa and his coach, Joaquim Cruz...Carries the motto of “Running4HISGlory+"...Hobbies include listening to and making music, reading, writing poetry hanging out with friends and public speaking.

Career Highlights

• The first totally blind athlete to run under 11 seconds when he clocked 10.92 in 2014
• Years of participation: 2013, 2015, 2017, 2

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  King Brown

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  Paralympics: Who is the world’s fastest blind athlete?

  David Brown began running at the age of five, but lost his sight to Kawasaki disease by the age of 13. He is the fastest blind athlete in history and holds world records at 100m and 200m.

  The 28-year-old grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, before moving to St Louis to attend the Missouri School of the Blind, and it was there that he discovered his sprinting ability and he has not slowed down since.

  While at school brown took part in wrestling, and goalball, which is a sport designed for the visually impaired, before focusing on athletics.

  “In my first 50-yard dash I got second. I thought to myself, ‘Hey I’m pretty fast.’”

  “When my vision started fluctuating, sprinting was a great way to stay competitive against my friends, so I had a need for speed,” he said.

  Since 2014 Brown has run with guide Jerome Avery, who he won the 100m T11 race at Rio in 2016.

  Blind sprinters run side-by-side in a double lane and are bound together by a tether, with the guide helping direct the athlete down the track and letting them know when they hit the finish line.

  The T11 classification is for athletes with a vision impairment that allows them “very low visual acuity and/or no light perception.”

  Brown and Avery train together at the C

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