Hilton Brown (swimmer)
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Birth name | Hilton Wallace Brown | |||||||||||||
Born | Auckland, New Zealand | 13 December 1946|||||||||||||
Education | Avondale College | |||||||||||||
Spouse(s) | Catherine Margison (m. 1970) | |||||||||||||
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Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||
Event(s) | Backstroke | |||||||||||||
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Hilton Wallace Brown (born 13 December 1946) is a New Zealand swimming coach and former competitive swimmer who won a bronze medal for his country at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Early life and family[]
Brown was born in Auckland on 13 December 1946, the son of Patricia and Wallace Brown, and was educated at Avondale College.[1] In 1970, he married Catherine Margison, and the couple went on to have three children.[1]
Swimming[]
Competitor[]
At the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Brown won the bronze medal in the men's 440 yards medley relay, alongside David Gerrard, Tony Graham, and Paddy O'Carroll.[2] He also competed in the men's 110 and 220 yards backstroke at the same meet.[3] He finished fifth in the final of the 220 yards backstroke,[4] while in the 110 yards backstroke he finished fifth in his heat and did not progress to the final.[5]
Coach[]
Hilton went on to have a successful career as a swimming coach. New Zealand representatives coached by him include Paul Kingsman, Anthony Mosse, and triathlete .[1] Hilton was the New Zealand team swimming coach at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, and he was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[1]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 80. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- ^ "Swimming 440 yard medley relay – men Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ "Hilton Brown". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ "Swimming 220 yard backstroke – men Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ "Swimming 110 yard backstroke – men Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- 1946 births
- Living people
- Swimmers from Auckland
- People educated at Avondale College
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- New Zealand male swimmers
- Male backstroke swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- New Zealand swimming biography stubs