Brian Kilby

Brian Kilby
Personal information
Nationality England
 Great Britain
Born (1938-02-26) 26 February 1938 (age 86)
Coventry, England
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportRunning
EventMen's marathon
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 1962 Belgrade Marathon
Representing  England
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1962 Perth Marathon

Brian Leonard Kilby (born 26 February 1938 in Coventry, England) is a retired marathon runner from Great Britain.

Athletics career

In 1962 when he won gold medal in the men's marathon at the European Championships and at the 1962 Commonwealth Games.[1][2] Running in Port Talbot, Wales, on 6 July 1963, he ran his best time, 2:14:43, setting a world record.[3][4] He represented Great Britain a year later, at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where he finished fourth in the men's marathon in 2:17:02.4, just 43.2 seconds behind then-reigning world record holder Basil Heatley, who took second place.[5] He also represented Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, where he finished 29th in the men's marathon.[3]

He represented England and won a gold medal in the marathon at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.[6][7]

Four years later he represented England in the marathon again, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Brian Kilby - 1962 Eurp & Commonwealth Marathon Champion (result) - Great Britain". sporting-heroes.net. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  2. ^ Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men, GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2018-04-16.
  3. ^ a b World's best progressions - Road. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brian Kilby". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  5. ^ The Olympic Marathon, Human Kinetics, David E. Martin, Roger W. H. Gynn, 2000. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  7. ^ "1962 Athletes". Team England.
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Commonwealth Games champions in the men's marathon