Bio

Veronica Campbell Brown, the first woman to win three track medals in three Olympic games, has had a triumphant career. Born in Trelawny, Jamaica, Campbell Brown attended NJCAA member Barton Community College (KS) on a track and field scholarship. As a member of the Cougars track and field team, she set several records in her two seasons, some of which she still holds today. Campbell Brown holds the NJCAA record for the 200-meter in women's outdoor track and field and the 60-meter in women's indoor track and field. After Barton, Campbell Brown made her way to the University of Arkansas where she ran for the Razorbacks for one season. During that time, she set a collegiate record in the 200-meters and now holds the title of the most decorated Olympic athlete affiliated with the state of Arkansas.

Going professional in 2004, Campbell Brown participated at the 2004 Olympic games in Athens where she became the first woman from Jamaica to win gold in a sprint race at the Olympics. Along with that accomplishment, she also became the most successful Caribbean athlete at a single Games after medaling gold in the relay and bronze in the 200-meter. In the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing, Campbell Brown became only the second woman in Olympics history to successfully defend her 200-meter title. Campbell Brown is an Olympic gold, silver, and bronze medalist having competed in the Olympic games in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016. She ran in the 100-meter, 200-meter, and 4x100 meter relay medaling every year. Campbell Brown has run against some of the greatest runners including Allyson Felix, who she shared one of the greatest rivalries with. As of the 2012 London Olympic games, Campbell Brown and Felix won every single Olympic and world 200-meter title since 2004.

Outside of the Olympics, Campbell Brown has competed in the World Championships, Commonwealth Games, World Indoor Championships, Continental Cup, World Athletics Final, World Relay Championships, World Junior Championships, CAC Junior Championships, and Carifta Games. Now, retired from the sport that brought her so much glory, Campbell Brown is a UNESCO Sport Ambassador and heads the VCB Foundation, created to offer mentorship and financial assistance to young women in Jamaica.