Malcolm Brown, who coached Alistair and Jonny Brownlee to Olympic medals, has won an International Olympic Committee lifetime achievement award.<\/span><\/p>\n “Achieving Olympic success requires more than training, skill, science and technique. It requires belief and trust,” said Brown. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n “It has been a privilege to receive that trust.”<\/span><\/p>\n Brown worked with athletes such as Dame Kelly Holmes and Paula Radcliffe before moving into triathlon.<\/span><\/p>\n He also helped Vicky Holland, who became the first British female triathlete to win an Olympic medal when she took bronze at Rio 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n However his association with the Brownlee brothers, which began when they were young teenagers, is his most famous partnership.<\/span><\/p>\n Jonny won relay gold at Tokyo, after individual silver and bronze at Rio 2016 and London 2012, with Alistair taking the title on each occasion.<\/span><\/p>\n “I started turning up at the track at 14 and Malc was ever present through to 2016, when I was 26. I grew up and changed through that period and the best thing about Malc was that he adapted with me,” said Jonny, who nominated Brown for the award.<\/span><\/p>\n “I will never forget those early years when Malc coached from the side of the track still wearing his suit from work, stopwatch in one hand and umbrella.”<\/span><\/p>\n The IOC Coaches Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded annually to one male and one female coach.<\/span><\/p>\n Frenchwoman Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi who has guided athletes to 12 world titles and four Olympic medals in canoe slalom, shared the stage with Brown in Lausanne.<\/span><\/p>\n
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