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Audrey Brown

Audrey Brown
Medal record
Athletics
Representing the United Kingdom
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1936 Berlin 4x100 metre relay

Audrey Kathleen Kilner Brown MBE (later Court; 24 May 1913 – 11 June 2005) was a Britishathlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.

Personal life

She was born in Bankura, India and was the younger sister of Ralph Kilner Brown and older sister of Godfrey Brown.[1][2] At the age of nine, Brown moved to the United Kingdom.[1] She studied at the University of Birmingham.[1] In 1940, she married William Court.[1]

Career

Whilst at University, Brown competed for the Birchfield Harriers.[1] She competed at the 1933 World Student Games.[1] She competed for Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany where she won the silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres with her team mates Eileen Hiscock, Violet Olney and Barbara Burke.[2]

After retiring from athletics in 1938, Brown was an employee of Rowntree's Cocoa Works in York.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Court [née Brown], Audrey Kathleen". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/96973. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ a b "Audrey Brown". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.


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