Audrey Brown (athlete)
British sprinter (1913–2005)
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Audrey Kathleen Kilner Brown MBE (later Court; 24 May 1913 – 11 June 2005) was a British athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 May 1913 Bankura, West Bengal, India | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 June 2005 (aged 92) Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprints | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Birmingham University AC Birchfield Harriers | ||||||||||||||
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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]
Brown finished third behind Barbara Burke in the 100 metres event at the 1936 WAAA Championships.[3][4] Shortly afterwards 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]
Brown finished third behind Betty Lock and third behind Dorothy Saunders in the 100 and 200 metres events respectively at the 1938 WAAA Championships.[5][6]
After retiring from athletics in 1938, Brown was an employee of Rowntree's Cocoa Works in York.[1]
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