Audrey Kathleen Kilner Brown MBE

Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...

 (later Court; 24 May 1913 – 11 June 2005) was a British athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.

She was born in India and was the younger sister of Ralph Kilner Brown

Ralph Kilner Brown

Sir Ralph Kilner Brown, OBE, TD, DL . Born in Calcutta, he was educated at Kingswood School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge he was commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps in 1939, served on Field Marshal Montgomery's staff planning the Normandy landings and later became a High Court judge...

 and older sister of Godfrey Brown

Godfrey Brown

Arthur Godfrey Kilner Brown was a British athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the 1936 Summer Olympics...

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She competed for Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics

1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...

 held in Berlin

Berlin

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, Germany

Germany

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 where she won the silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres with her team mates Eileen Hiscock

Eileen Hiscock

Eileen May Hiscock, née Tumble, later Wilson, was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics...

, Violet Olney

Violet Olney

Violet Rose Olney was an English athlete from Southwark, London, who mainly competed in the 100 metres....

 and Barbara Burke

Barbara Burke

Barbara Hannah Anita Burke is a British former track and field athlete who competed mainly in the sprints and hurdles.She was born in Norwood, Greater London....

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Brown was an employee of Rowntree's Cocoa Works in York. More information can be found in the Rowntree's Cocoa Works Magazine, copies of which are kept in the York Central Library.