Hometown: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
Country: | Australia |
Weight Class: | 66 kg |
Club: | South Australian Judo Academy[1] |
Olympics Rank: | R32 |
Olympics Year: | 2008 |
Olympics Weight: | Men's 66 kg |
Worlds Rank: | R32 |
Worlds Year: | 2011 |
Worlds Weight: | Men's 66 kg |
Worlds Year2: | 2013 |
Worlds Weight2: | Men's 66 kg |
Regionals Type: | OC |
Regionals Rank: | 2 |
Regionals Year: | 2006 |
Regionals Year2: | 2008 |
Regionals Year3: | 2010 |
Regionals Year4: | 2011 |
Regionals Year5: | 2012 |
Regionals Year6: | 2014 |
Commonwealth Rank: | R16 |
Commonwealth Year: | 2014 |
Commonwealth Weight: | Men's 66 kg |
Updated: | 30 October 2024 |
Steven Brown (born 4 April 1986) is an Australian judoka who represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2] South Australia's first ever Judo Olympian was defeated by Algeria's Mounir Benamadi in the men's 66 kg class. Brown is a former 66 kg Australian Champion and multiple international medalist.
Brown represented Australia at the World Judo Championships in Paris 2011 and Rio de Janeiro 2013, he was also selected for Tokyo (2010), and Chelyabinsk (2014) but did not compete.
Brown represented Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland - the first South Australian to do so. At the end of this event, Brown announced his retirement from competitive Judo.
Brown is now the head coach of the South Australian Judo Academy.
Brown won his first professional MMA fight at Diamondback Fighting Championship in October 2016 winning via RNC.[3]