Andy Brown has won the British Elite Athletes Association’s (BEAA) Athletes’ Athlete of the Month award for July.
The windsurfer topped a vote amongst Britain’s elite sportspeople after winning the first world title of his senior career at the 2025 iQFOiL World Championships.
Faced with challenging conditions in Aarhus, Denmark, Andy delivered a sensational performance to secure a landmark victory. After splitting the first two races with France’s Tom Arnoux, the 26-year-old was in complete control in the final race to claim his place at the top of the podium.
“It all went perfectly and not many events go like that,” Andy told the BEAA.
“I mean, I’ve done a lot of these events before and none of them have gone so smoothly and so, it was amazing qualifying in first for the medal race and then winning the worlds – it was surreal.
“It feels incredible and it’s kind of the best result that you can get other than an Olympic medal so that’s really the next step.
“It feels like the pressure’s up now to stay at the top level, hopefully all the way up to the Olympics in 2028. I’m definitely going to give it my best shot.”
The Athletes’ Athlete of the Month award is presented by the BEAA on behalf of its members, elite sportspeople in Olympic, Paralympic and progression sports who receive funding from UK Sport’s World Class Programme.
It recognises both competitive and personal achievements, such as injury comebacks or charitable efforts.
Andy was up against Sally Kidson (boccia), Ben Llewellin (shooting) and Jemima Yeats-Brown (judo) for July’s prize and reflected with pride after being selected by his fellow athletes.
“It’s great to be recognised because this award is sport-wide across the UK and there’s tonnes of great results that come in every week or month from amazing athletes,” he added.
“It feels like an honour to be recognised by them – I’m really happy about that.”
Congratulations to Andy, and to Sally, Ben and Jemima for being nominated.
Elite athletes can get involved in future Athletes' Athlete of the Month votes by taking part via the BEAA's monthly member emails.
