Audrey Kathleen Kilner Brown

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(later Court; 24 May 1913 – 11 June 2005) was a British

athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...

who mainly competed in the 100 metres.

Personal life

She was born in

Bankura Bankura () is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Bankura district. Etymology In the Mahabharata, Bankura was described as Suhmobhumi. The word or (in Nagari: rāḍh) was introduced af ...

, India and was the younger sister of Ralph Kilner Brown and older sister of Godfrey Brown. At the age of nine, Brown moved to the United Kingdom. She studied at the

University of Birmingham , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...

. In 1940, she married William Court.

Career

Whilst at University, Brown competed for the

Birchfield Harriers Birchfield Harriers is an athletics club, founded in 1877. Its home is at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium, England. As well as welcoming recreational runners they cater for all levels of experience up to and including Olympic athletes whether a ...

. She competed at the 1933 World Student Games. She competed for Great Britain at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

held in

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where she won the silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres with her teammates

Eileen Hiscock Eileen May Hiscock, later Wilson, (25 August 1909 – 3 September 1958) was an English track and field athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was born in Blackheath, London. A ...

Violet Olney Violet Rose Olney (later ''Parish''; 22 May 1911 – 3 January 1999) was an English athlete from Southwark, London,England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: Violet R Olney; Apr-May-Jun quarter 1911; District: Southwark; Volume: 1d; Page: 54 ...

and

Barbara Burke Barbara Hannah Anita Burke (13 May 1917 – 8 August 1998) was a British and South African sprint runner. She competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics, where she won a silver medal in the relay and placed fourth in a semi-final o ...

. After retiring from athletics in 1938, Brown was an employee of

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Cocoa Works in York.

References

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1913 births 2005 deaths British female sprinters Olympic athletes of Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Members of the Order of the British Empire People from Bankura Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic female sprinters {{UK-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub