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Esther Brand

1922 - 2015

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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, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Esther Brand is the 127th most popular athlete (up from 135th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 45th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular South African Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Esther Brand ranks 127 out of 6,025. Before her are Ed Ablowich, William Porter, Klaus Wolfermann, Ed Gordon, Henrik Sjöberg, and Shizo Kanakuri. After her are Eric Lemming, Don Thompson, Mihaela Peneș, Oscar Swahn, Robert Garrett, and Karl Staaf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Esther Brand ranks 158. Before her are Artemio Franchi, Vasko Popa, Guy Thys, Kevin Roche, Michel Henry, and Vasili Mitrokhin. After her are Margherita Hack, Luis Somoza Debayle, Anatoli Papanov, Michael Ansara, Bea Arthur, and Hussein Onn. Among people deceased in 2015, Esther Brand ranks 122. Before her are Aldo Ciccolini, John Guillermin, Magali Noël, Franco Interlenghi, Natalie Cole, and Jørgen Ingmann. After her are Roger Hanin, William Wakefield Baum, Hyon Yong-chol, Carl Djerassi, Guy Ligier, and Edgar Froese.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Esther Brand ranks 60 out of 454. Before her are Chris Hani (1942), Kevin Carter (1960), Rory Byrne (1944), Jan de Klerk (1903), Marais Viljoen (1915), and Louis Botha (1862). After her are Andries Pretorius (1798), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), Piet Cronjé (1836), Manfred Mann (1940), Goodwill Zwelithini (1948), and Laurence Oliphant (1829).

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Among ATHLETES In South Africa

Among athletes born in South Africa, Esther Brand ranks 3. Before her are Reggie Walker (1889), and Sid Atkinson (1901). After her are Lawrence Stevens (1913), Oscar Pistorius (1986), Bevil Rudd (1894), Marjorie Clark (1909), Christian Gitsham (1888), Daphne Hasenjäger (1929), Cecil McMaster (1895), Clarence Walker (1898), and Clarence Oldfield (1899).

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