Christine Brown Explained
| Christine Brown |
| Fullname: | Christine Brown |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Alma Mater: | Baldwin Girls' High School |
| Birth Place: | Bombay, British India |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Long Jump, 100m Sprints, 110m hurdles |
Christine Brown (born September 1938) is an Indian track-and-field athlete. She won a gold medal in 4×100m relay (with Stephie d'Souza, Violet Peters and Mary d'Souza) and bronze in the 100 metres in the 1954 Asian Games.[1] [2] [3] This was the first gold by an Indian women's team at the Asian Games. Mary D'Souza, Pat Mendonca, Banoo Gulzar and Roshan Mistry had won a silver in the same event in 1951.[4]
In the inter school athletics competition in Bangalore in 1953 Brown, then a fifteen year old student of Baldwin Girls High School, broke the national long jump record with a jump of 17' 4" and equaled the 100m record of 12.4 seconds.[5] [6] She belonged to an Anglo-Indian family from Bombay.[7]
Notes and References
- Web site: MEDAL WINNERS OF ASIAN GAMES . Athletics Federation of India . 5 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180505070444/http://indianathletics.in/medal%C2%A0winners%C2%A0%C2%A0asian%C2%A0games . 5 May 2018 . dead .
- Book: Link. 1982. United India Periodicals. 37.
- Web site: Asian Games : Manila 1954 . Sports Bharti . 5 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180505134857/http://www.sportsbharti.com/athletics/asian-games-manila-1954/ . 5 May 2018 . dead .
- Web site: Iconic Asian Games medals – Mary D'Souza's 1951 silver, bronze. 13 August 2018. ESPN.
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19530829&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Indian Express, 29 August, 1953
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19530830&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Indian Express, 30 August, 1953
- Book: S. Lal. 50 Magnificent Indians Of The 20Th Century. 4 May 2018. 1 January 2008. Jaico Publishing House. 978-81-7992-698-7. 299–.
