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Audrey Brown (athlete)

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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 British athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.

Personal life

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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

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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 teammates 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

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  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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