Brian Kilby
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26 February 1938 Coventry, England | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | |||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Men's marathon | |||||||||||||||||||
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Brian Leonard Kilby (born 26 February 1938 in Coventry, England) is a retired marathon runner from Great Britain, whose best year was 1962 when he won gold medal in the men's marathon at the European Championships and at the 1962 Commonwealth Games.[1][2] Running in Port Talbot, Wales, on 6 July 1963, he ran his best time, 2:14:43, setting a world record.[3][4] He represented Great Britain a year later, at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where he finished fourth in the men's marathon in 2:17:02.4, just 43.2 seconds behind then-reigning world record holder Basil Heatley, who took second place.[5] He also represented Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, where he finished 29th in the men's marathon.[3]
References
- ↑ "Brian Kilby - 1962 Eurp & Commonwealth Marathon Champion (result) - Great Britain". sporting-heroes.net. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ↑ Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men, GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2018-04-16.
- 1 2 World's best progressions - Road. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
- ↑ Biography at Sports Reference, SR: Olympic Sports. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
- ↑ The Olympic Marathon, Human Kinetics, David E. Martin, Roger W. H. Gynn, 2000. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
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