Audrey Brown
Audrey Kathleen Kilner Brown MBE (later Court; 24 May 1913 – 11 June 2005) was a Britishathlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.
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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] 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
- "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.)
- "Audrey Brown". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.