Esther Brand
![]() Esther Brand at the 1952 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event(s) | High jump, discus throw | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | HJ – 1.67 m (1952) DT – 40.30 m(1952)[1][2] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[1]
Born in Springbok, Northern Cape, she attended Maitland High School in Cape Town, South Africa.[1] She died after a fall in 2015.[3]
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- In memoriam
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- 1928:
Ethel Catherwood (CAN)
- 1932:
Jean Shiley (USA)
- 1936:
Ibolya Csák (HUN)
- 1948:
Alice Coachman (USA)
- 1952:
Esther Brand (RSA)
- 1956:
Mildred McDaniel (USA)
- 1960:
Iolanda Balaș (ROU)
- 1964:
Iolanda Balaș (ROU)
- 1968:
Miloslava Rezková (TCH)
- 1972:
Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)
- 1976:
Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR)
- 1980:
Sara Simeoni (ITA)
- 1984:
Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)
- 1988:
Louise Ritter (USA)
- 1992:
Heike Henkel (GER)
- 1996:
Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)
- 2000:
Yelena Yelesina (RUS)
- 2004:
Yelena Slesarenko (RUS)
- 2008:
Tia Hellebaut (BEL)
- 2012:
Anna Chicherova (RUS)
- 2016:
Ruth Beitia (ESP)
- 2020:
Mariya Lasitskene (ROC)
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