Brian Kilby
{{Short description|British athlete (1938–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Brian Kilby
| nationality = {{ENG}}
{{GBR2}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|02|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Coventry, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|06|30|1938|02|26|df=y}}
| death_place =
| height = {{convert|170|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|57|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| sport = Running
| event = Men's marathon
| medaltemplates=
{{Medal|Sport | Men's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country | {{GBR2}} }}
{{Medal|Comp|European Athletics Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold| 1962 Belgrade | Marathon}}
{{Medal|Country | {{ENG}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|British Empire and Commonwealth Games}}
{{Medal|Gold| 1962 Perth | Marathon}}
}}
Brian Leonard Kilby (26 February 1938 – 30 June 2024) was a marathon runner from Great Britain.
Athletics career
In 1962 when he won gold medal in the men's marathon at the European Championships and at the 1962 Commonwealth Games.{{cite web |url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics/great-britain/brian-kilby-238/1962-euro-commonwealth-marathon-champion-result_a08654/ |title=Brian Kilby - 1962 Eurp & Commonwealth Marathon Champion (result) - Great Britain |work=sporting-heroes.net |accessdate=17 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195759/http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics/great-britain/brian-kilby-238/1962-euro-commonwealth-marathon-champion-result_a08654/ |archive-date=10 September 2014 |url-status=dead}}[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cg.htm Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men], GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 16 April 2018. Running in Port Talbot, Wales, on 6 July 1963, he ran his best time, 2:14:43, setting a world record.[https://www.arrs.run/RecProg/RP_wwR.htm World's best progressions - Road]. Retrieved 16 April 2018.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/brian-kilby-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040002/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/brian-kilby-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Brian Kilby |accessdate=26 November 2017}} He represented Great Britain a year later, at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where he finished fourth in the men's marathon in 2:17:02.4, just 43.2 seconds behind then-reigning world record holder Basil Heatley, who took second place.[https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Olympic_Marathon.html The Olympic Marathon], Human Kinetics, David E. Martin, Roger W. H. Gynn, 2000. Retrieved 10 January 2018. He also represented Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, where he finished 29th in the men's marathon.
He represented England and won a gold medal in the marathon at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39255|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/perth-1962/athletes|title=1962 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}
Four years later he represented England in the marathon again, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.
Death
Kilby died on 30 June 2024, at the age of 86.{{cite news |last1=Henderson |first1=Jason |title=Brian Kilby, European and Commonwealth marathon champion, dies aged 86 |url=https://athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/brian-kilby-european-and-commonwealth-marathon-champion-dies-aged-86-1039989361/ |access-date=13 July 2024 |publisher=Athletics Weekly |date=9 July 2024}}
References
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External links
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Category:English male marathon runners
Category:British male marathon runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:European Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games