Vital stats
Age: 29 Height/weight: 5-10, 145
Lives in: Portland, Ore.
Today’s event
Men’s marathon finals live on NBC between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Day job
Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, he trains full time as a participant in the Army’s World Class Athlete Program.
Olympic experience
This is his first Olympics.
Background
The 1997 graduate of the West Point Academy qualified for the team in February, then dedicated the race to his fellow West Point graduates who have died in battle in Iraq.
Check it out
Browne keeps a nice journal of his world travels at danbrowne.com.
Early days
Browne didn’t start focusing on running until his junior year of high school.
Did you know?
He and several other U.S. runners have been living in a five-bedroom house that is at sea level, but special filters inside the house remove oxygen to give the athletes a feeling of living at high altitude. Living in a thin-air environment makes your body adapt to functioning with less oxygen in the air and increases your lungs’ ability to carry oxygen.
Post-Olympic star potential
Rarely has the U.S. been strong in this event, and Browne was only third in the U.S. trials. But the Army angle will get told. Star power: 4 out of 10.
In the booth Marathon broadcaster
Marty Liquori: Calling his eighth Olympics, he is a spokesperson for the Leukemia Society’s “Team in Training” program.
2000 medalists
Men’s marathon
Gold: Gezahgne Abera, Ethiopia
Silver: Eric Wainaina, Kenya
Bronze: Tesfaye Tola, Ethiopia
