Michele Mary Brown (née Mason; born 3 July 1939) is an Australian athlete, who competed mainly in the high jump during her career. She competed for Australia at the

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held in Tokyo,

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where she won the silver medal in the women's high jump event. She was the second female athlete ever to jump over six feet, after Iolanda Balaș. Brown was inducted into the Athletics Australia Hall of Fame in 2010.

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* 1939 births Living people Australian female high jumpers Olympic athletes for Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 20th-century Australian sportswomen Place of birth missing (living people) Australian Athletics Championships winners {{Australia-Olympic-medalist-stub