Name Esther Brand | Role Olympic athlete | |
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Born 29 September 1922 ( 1922-09-29 ) Springbok, Northern Cape, South Africa Died June 20, 2015, Bloemfontein, South Africa Olympic medals Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump | ||
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, placing 20th in the discus throw. 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.
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