Brian William Green (born 15 May 1941) is a British former sprinter.

Biography

Green attended Walton Grammar School and worked as an advertising assistant. He came to sprinting late, having previously divided his time between other sporting interests including

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. Standing at Green was once told he was too short to be a sprinter. Despite this, at the age of 31, Green became the fastest man in Britain, recording a time of 10.1 seconds in

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. Green was second behind Gary Symonds in the 100 metres event at the

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but by virtue of being the highest placed British athlete was considered the British 100 metres champion. Shortly afterwards he represented

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and won a bronze medal at the

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in the 4×100 metres relay. After winning the AAA title in 1971, Green competed in the

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, participating in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4x100 metres relay event. Green also finished runner-up in the 100 metres at both the

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and

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. He represented

in the sprint events, at the

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, New Zealand and represented

in the 100 metres and 100 metres relay events, at the

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, Canada.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Brian 1941 births Living people Sportspeople from Ormskirk English male sprinters British male sprinters Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics