Robin Brunyee

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Robin Brunyee
Personal information
NationalityFlag of England.svg  England
BornSecond quarter 1939
Worksop
Died07 August 2014 (aged 75)
Carnforth, Lancashire
Education Worksop College
Sport
ClubWorksop Harriers, Birchfield Harriers

Peter Robin Brunyee (1939-2014), was a male athlete who competed for England in the high hurdles.

Athletics career

Brunyee was a prodigious schoolboy hurdler and won the intermediate boys England Schools 110y title (14.1s) in 1955. A year later he won the senior boys 120y hurdles title at Shrewsbury with a championship record of 14.9s. After leaving school he further improved his best junior time to 14.6s, which until recently was still listed in the UK all-time junior lists. He represented England in the 120 yards hurdles at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. [1] [2] He was the first Worksop Harrier athlete to represent England. [3]

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References

  1. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. "1958 Athletes". Team England.
  3. "Club History". Worksop Harriers.