Esther Brand
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Esther Brand
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Esther Cornelia Brand was a South African athlete. She competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the high jump, placed 20th in the discus throw. She was the first African woman to win an Olympic track and field event. 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 201
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South African athlete
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Brand
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2023-05-22T21:07:44Z
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