Brian Green (athlete)

Brian William Green (born 15 May 1941 in Ormskirk) is a British former sprinter.

Brian Green
Personal information
Nationality England
Born (1941-05-15) 15 May 1941
Ormskirk
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Edinburgh 4 x 100m relay

Background

Green attended Walton Grammar School and worked as an advertising assistant.[1]

He came to sprinting late, having previously divided his time between other sporting interests including squash, badminton, and hockey.

Sprinting career

Standing at 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Green was once told he was too short to be a sprinter. Despite this, at the age of 31, Green became the fastest man in Britain, recording a time of 10.1 seconds in Bratislava.[2]

Green competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.[3] He represented England and won a bronze medallist at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in the 4×100 metres relay.[4][5][6][7] He represented England in the sprint events, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand[8][9] and represented England in the 100 metres and 100 metres relay events, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[10]

References
  1. Prentice, David (18 July 2012). "Merseyside's 100 Olympians: Brian Green". liverpoolecho. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. Prentice, David (18 July 2012). "Merseyside's 100 Olympians: Brian Green". liverpoolecho. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brian Green". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  4. British Medallists at the Commonwealth Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-22.
  5. "1970 Athletes". Team England.
  6. "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
  7. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  8. "1974 Games". Team England.
  9. "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
  10. "1978 Athletes". Team England.


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