Devon Myles William Brown (born 21 May 1992) is a South African swimmer who attended Highbury Preparatory School in Hillcrest, and Kearsney College in Botha's Hill. He competed at the

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, at the

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, and at the

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. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle events. In the 200 m freestyle event, he finished 13th in the heats with a time of 1:46.78 and qualified for the semifinals where he finished 12th with a time of 1:46.57 and did not advance to the final. In the 400 m freestyle event, he finished 12th in the heats with a time of 3:45.92 and did not qualify for the final. He was also part of South Africa's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team which finished 10th in the heats and did not qualify for the final. Brown was part of the 4 × 100 m medley relay team that finished 13th in the heats and did not qualify for the final.

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* Living people South African male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for South Africa Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics 1992 births Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games swimmers for South Africa Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games African Games gold medalists for South Africa African Games silver medalists for South Africa African Games bronze medalists for South Africa Swimmers at the 2015 African Games Alumni of Kearsney College Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games 21st-century South African sportsmen African Games bronze medalists in swimming African Games silver medalists in swimming African Games gold medalists in swimming {{SouthAfrica-swimming-bio-stub