Audrey Kathleen Kilner Brown MBE (later Court; 24 May 1913 – 11 June 2005) was a British athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.

She was born in Bankura, India and was the younger sister of Ralph Kilner Brown and older sister of Godfrey Brown.^[1][2] At the age of nine, Brown moved to the United Kingdom.^[1] She studied at the University of Birmingham.^[1] In 1940, she married William Court.^[1]

Whilst at University, Brown competed for the Birchfield Harriers.^[1] She competed at the 1933 World Student Games.^[1]

Brown finished third behind Barbara Burke in the 100 metres event at the 1936 WAAA Championships.^[3][4] Shortly afterwards she competed for Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany, where she won the silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres with her teammates Eileen Hiscock, Violet Olney and Barbara Burke.^[2]

Brown finished third behind Betty Lock and third behind Dorothy Saunders in the 100 and 200 metres events respectively at the 1938 WAAA Championships.^[5][6]

After retiring from athletics in 1938, Brown was an employee of Rowntree's Cocoa Works in York.^[1]

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