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Mark Brown

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Mark Brown is a paralympic athlete from Great Britain competing mainly in category T46 long-distance events. He has also represented Gibraltar. Mark Brown was born in 1962 or 1963 in Burnley, England. Brown competed at three Paralympics. In the 1996 Summer Paralympics he combined the 5000m and marathon, winning a bronze medal in the T42-46 marathon. In the 2000 Summer Paralympics he concentrated on the marathon where he won a silver in the T46 class and in the 2004 Summer Paralympics he concentrated on the 5000m but did not win a medal. In 2002 Brown moved to Gibraltar to live with his brother and his family and to work as a mental health nurse. In 2006 he competed in the World Road Running Championships, representing Gibraltar.

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“Tourism will always be important to the Cook Islands and will be the quickest way for the country to bounce back, but it can no longer be our only primary industry. We will have to look at other sectors such as fisheries, trade, financial services, the creative economy and seabed minerals.”
— Mark Brown (2021) cited in "Shining a light on NZ's aid sector and its relationship with the Pacific" on RNZ, 27 October 2021.
“We are ready (for Cook Island border reopening after COVID-19 lockdown), we are prepared and we are protected. Now (January 2022) it is time.”
— Mark Brown (2022) cited in "‘We are ready, prepared and protected’" on Cook Islands News, 11 January 2022.
“We have worked very, very hard in the last two years (since 2020) to maintain our COVID-free status, and these (travel) regulations and our continual drive to get all our eligible people vaccinated, is a continuation of that.”
— Mark Brown (2022) cited in "Many Pacific Island nations have kept Covid at bay. But attempts to reopen are fraught with danger" on CNBC, 21 January 2022.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Mark Brown: Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (2020-present) · American sportsperson and gridiron football player · British association football player (born 1984) · American football player

Notable quotes

“Tourism will always be important to the Cook Islands and will be the quickest way for the country to bounce back, but it can no longer be our only primary industry. We will have to look at other sectors such as fisheries, trade, financial services, the creative economy and seabed minerals.”
— Mark Brown (2021) cited in "Shining a light on NZ's aid sector and its relationship with the Pacific" on RNZ, 27 October 2021.
“We are ready (for Cook Island border reopening after COVID-19 lockdown), we are prepared and we are protected. Now (January 2022) it is time.”
— Mark Brown (2022) cited in "‘We are ready, prepared and protected’" on Cook Islands News, 11 January 2022.
“We have worked very, very hard in the last two years (since 2020) to maintain our COVID-free status, and these (travel) regulations and our continual drive to get all our eligible people vaccinated, is a continuation of that.”
— Mark Brown (2022) cited in "Many Pacific Island nations have kept Covid at bay. But attempts to reopen are fraught with danger" on CNBC, 21 January 2022.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

Mark Brown is a paralympic athlete from Great Britain competing mainly in category T46 long-distance events. He has also represented Gibraltar. Mark Brown was born in 1962 or 1963 in Burnley, England. Brown competed at three Paralympics. In the 1996 Summer Paralympics he combined the 5000m and marathon, winning a bronze medal in the T42-46 marathon. In the 2000 Summer Paralympics he concentrated on the marathon where he won a silver in the T46 class and in the 2004 Summer Paralympics he concentrated on the 5000m but did not win a medal. In 2002 Brown moved to Gibraltar to live with his brother and his family and to work as a mental health nurse. In 2006 he competed in the World Road Running Championships, representing Gibraltar.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).