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Brabants won the K-1 1000 m European championship at Szeged, Hungary in 2002, the first time a British paddler had won the blue riband event.
The 2004 Olympics however were a disappointment. Brabants had won a European silver medal at Poznań earlier in the season and was the fastest qualifier for the Olympic K-1 1000 m final with the world's fastest time of 3:24.412. However in the final itself he finished in fifth place.
He took a year off from competitive kayaking in 2005 to complete his medical studies at the highly regarded University of Nottingham followed by a spell as a doctor in Jersey. But returned to action in 2006, winning the gold medal in Račice in the K-1 1000 m event at the European Championships and the silver medal in the same event at the World Championships in Szeged in August 2006, finishing just 0.06 seconds behind Sweden's Markus Oscarsson.
2007 was an even better year. Brabants competed in the K-1 500 m discipline as well and at the European Championships won Silver for the 1000 m and Gold for the 500 m. At the 2007 World Championships in Duisburg, Brabants won gold in the K-1 1000 m and silver in the K-1 500 m events, thus securing a place for Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
At these games Brabants made his way into the history books by being the first Brit to win a gold medal in either the sprint or slalom kayak discipline. This he achieved by a convincing win in the K-1 1000 m, leading from start to fininh.
Although best-known as a sprinter, Brabants' first success as a senior international had in fact come in the marathon. He won a silver medal at the 1997 European Championships at Pavia, Italy.
Brabants is a member of the Nottingham Canoe Club and is a physician by profession. He is 188 cm (6'2) tall and weighs 85 kg (187 lbs).
Brabants was Awarded an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2009 New Years Honours List for his services to kayaking. In 2010, he won a silver in the K-1 1000 m event at the world championships.
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Name | Brian Jordan |
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Position | Outfielder |
Bats | Right |
Throws | Right |
Birthdate | March 29, 1967 |
Birthplace | Baltimore, Maryland |
Debutdate | April 8 |
Debutyear | 1992 |
Debutteam | St. Louis Cardinals |
Finaldate | September 30 |
Finalyear | 2006 |
Finalteam | Atlanta Braves |
Stat1label | Batting average |
Stat1value | .282 |
Stat2label | Home runs |
Stat2value | 184 |
Stat3label | Runs batted in |
Stat3value | 821 |
Teams | |
Highlights |
Name | Brian Jordan |
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Currentnumber | 40 |
Currentpositionplain | Safety |
Birthdate | March 29, 1967 |
Birthplace | Baltimore, Maryland |
Heightft | 5 |
Heightin | 11 |
Weight | 205 |
College | Richmond |
Draftyear | 1989 |
Draftround | 7 |
Draftpick | 173 |
Debutyear | 1989 |
Debutteam | Atlanta Falcons |
Finalteam | Atlanta Falcons |
Finalyear | 1991 |
Pastteams | |
Highlights | |
Statseason | 1991 |
Statlabel1 | Interceptions |
Statvalue1 | 5 |
Statlabel2 | Fumbles recovered |
Statvalue2 | 4 |
Statlabel3 | Safeties |
Statvalue3 | 2 |
Nfl | JOR036112 |
While climbing the ladder in the Cardinals' minor league system, Jordan played defensive back for the Falcons from 1989 to 1991. He had five interceptions and four sacks in his brief career, but Jordan decided to give up football to concentrate on baseball.
Shrugging off a relatively disastrous and injury-riddled season in which he hit .234 with no home runs, Jordan had possibly the best season of his career in , his last year with St. Louis. He scored 100 runs, saw his power return with 25 home runs, and batted a career-high .316, with an outstanding .534 slugging percentage.
Jordan's batting average and RBI totals dipped in , but in Jordan hit 25 homers with a .295 average and was superb in the final games of the season, helping to push the Braves to their tenth-straight division title after a tight race with the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets.
After a solid season in in which he hit .285, injuries significantly decreased Jordan's playing time in . The aging Jordan signed a one-year contract with the Texas Rangers in , but only batted .222 and again missed chunks of time with injuries. In , he returned to the Braves, but he spent most of the season on the disabled list with left knee inflammation while rookie sensation Jeff Francoeur took over in right field. Relying more on his veteran savvy than athletic ability at this point, he made the team again in , but was limited to a platoon role at first base before again going on the disabled list. Jordan retired as a player after the season.
In 2009, he was named as a television commentator for the Gwinnett Braves, the AAA farm team of the Atlanta Braves. Jordan is paired with Josh Caray for a 25-game television schedule.
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