Harold Brainsby
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| Full name | Harold Kingsford Brainsby | ||||||||||||
| Born |
5 December 1910 Hansworth, Staffordshire, England | ||||||||||||
| Died |
27 January 1993 (aged 80) New Zealand | ||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Mary Priscilla Wrightson (m. 1940) | ||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||
| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Triple jump, long jump | ||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||
| National finals | Triple jump champion (1934, 1935) | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Harold Kingsford Brainsby (5 December 1910 – 3 April 1975) was a New Zealand field athlete who won a bronze medal in the triple jump at the 1934 British Empire Games in London.
Biography
Born in Handsworth on the outskirts of Birmingham, England, in 1910, Brainsby was the son of Edith Anna (née Kingsford) and Arthur Todd Brainsby, a Baptist minister.[1] The family emigrated to New Zealand in 1911.[2] Brainsby studied at Auckland University College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1934, and a Bachelor of Laws and Diploma of Journalism in 1938.[3]
Brainsby competed for New Zealand at the 1934 British Empire Games, where he won the bronze medal in the triple jump, with a distance of 47 feet 11 1⁄2 inches (14.62 m). He also competed in the long jump, finishing in seventh place with a leap of 21 feet 6 1⁄2 inches (6.57 m).[4]
He won the triple jump title at the national athletics championships in 1934 and 1935, and was second in the same event but the leading New Zealander (behind Japanese athlete Kenshi Togami) in 1937.[5]
Following a career as a journalist for the Auckland Star, in 1952 he joined the Highland Park law firm of Melville Churton, which, in 1962, became Churton Brainsby & Hart.[6]
Brainsby died in 1975 and he was cremated at Purewa.[7]
References
- ↑ "1911 England census: Class - RG14; Piece - 17219; Schedule Number - 188". Ancestry.com Operations. 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2015. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "UK outward passenger lists, 1890–1960". Ancestry.com Operations. 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2015. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Bh–Bre". Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ↑ "Harold Brainsby". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ↑ Hollings, Stephen (January 2015). "National champions 1887–2014" (PDF). Athletics New Zealand. p. 40. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ↑ "History of Churton Hart & Divers, barristers and solicitors, Howick, Auckland". Churton Hart & Divers. 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ↑ "Burial & cremation details". Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium. Retrieved 19 August 2015.