Esther Brand
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South African former athlete (1922–2015)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1922-09-29 ) 29 September 1922, Springbok, Northern Cape , South Africa
- Died
- 20 June 2015 (2015-06-20) (aged 92), Bloemfontein , Free State, South Africa
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event s
- High jump , discus throw
- Personal best s
- HJ – 1.67 m (1952), DT – 40.30 m(1952)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Esther
- Family name
- Brand
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Springbok
- Place of death
- Bloemfontein
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1952 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- South Africa
- Image
- Esther Brand 1952.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1924-09-29
- date of death
- 2015-06-20
- sports discipline competed in
- high jump
- Commons category
- Esther Brand
- manner of death
- accidental death
- record held
- Women's high jump world record progression
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Encyclopedic overview
Esther Cornelia Brand (née van Heerden; 29 September 1922 – 20 June 2015) was a South African athlete. She competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the high jump, placed 20th in the discus throw. She was the first African woman to win an Olympic track and field event. Brand was ranked world #1 in the high jump in 1940–41 and 1952, #3 in 1951 and #5 in 1939. In 1941 she equaled the world record of 1.66 m.
Born in Springbok, Northern Cape, she attended Maitland High School in Cape Town, South Africa. She died after a fall in 2015.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Esther Brand” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.