John Jay Brown
Competition | 1989
Hometown: San Jose, California
Jay Brown participated in wheelchair archery from 1971 to 1992. During that time, he was a member of 20 international teams, including five Paralympic competitions and was part of twelve United States Championship teams. In 1972 at the Paralympic Games in Heidelberg, Germany, Jay won a silver medal in the archery competition. He also won the silver medal at the 1976 Paralympic competition in Toronto and garnered a bronze medal at the 1980 Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands.
Jay attended all of the Pan American Games competitions during his career and in 1982 set a Pan American record for archery in Halifax, Nova Scotia. At the World Games in 1984 at Stoke Mandeville, Jay won the F.I.T.A. Cup for archery. Jay was also the California State Able-Bodied Senior Champion in archery for his age group.
After retirement, Jay served as the President of the Far West Wheelchair Athletic Association, which hosted the 1977 National Wheelchair Games in San Jose. He also continued to coach junior archery for many years and officiated archery at many Far West, Junior National and Desert Challenge competitions.
