#OurAthletes: Nathan Brannen

CBC News is connecting you with Pan Am and Parapan Am athletes through a special initiative, #OurAthletes.

Nathan Brannen is an athlete in the Pan Am Games.

Summary:

• born September 8, 1982 (32 years old)
• ­ has competed in 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympics
• ­ holds the Canadian record for the 1000m race
• ­ had back surgery in 2007, and was told he would never run again (he ran in the 2008
• Olympics)
• ­ originally from Cambridge, but graduated from the University of Michigan

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