| 词条 | Harold Brainsby |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Harold Brainsby | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | headercolor = | textcolor = | fullname = Harold Kingsford Brainsby | birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|12|05|df=y}} | birth_place = Hansworth, Staffordshire, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|04|03|1910|12|05|df=y}} | death_place = Auckland, New Zealand | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | height = | weight = | spouse = {{marriage|Mary Priscilla Wrightson|1940}} | module = | country = New Zealand | sport = Athletics | event = Triple jump, long jump | module2 = | nationals = Triple jump champion (1934, 1935) | olympics = | commonwealth = | highestranking = | pb = | | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's Athletics}}{{MedalCountry | {{NZL}}}}{{MedalCompetition|British Empire Games}}{{MedalBronze | 1934 London | Triple jump}} | show-medals = yes }} 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. Early life and familyBorn 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] Educated at Whangarei High School,[3] Brainsby went on to study at Auckland University College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1934, and a Bachelor of Laws and Diploma of Journalism in 1938.[4] On 23 March 1940, Brainsby married Mary Priscilla Wrightson at St Aidan's Church in the Auckland suburb of Remuera,[5] and the couple had one son.[3] AthleticsBrainsby competed for New Zealand at the 1934 British Empire Games, where he won the bronze medal in the triple jump, with a distance of {{convert|47|ft|11+1/2|in|m|2}}. He also competed in the long jump, finishing in seventh place with a leap of {{convert|21|ft|6+1/2|in|m|2}}.[6] 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.[7] Later life and deathBrainsby served with the 21st Rifle Battalion, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force during World War II.[5] He rose from the rank of sergeant to become a major on General Freyberg's staff, and returned to New Zealand after the battle of El Alamein.[3] Following a career as an illustrator and journalist for the Auckland Star, New Zealand Herald, and Auckland Weekly News, in 1952 he joined the Highland Park law firm of Melville Churton, which, in 1962, became Churton Brainsby & Hart.[3][8] A noted contract bridge player, Brainsby was a member of the Auckland four that won the New Zealand championship on several occasions.[3] He also served as president of the Northern Bridge Club.[3] Brainsby died in Auckland on 3 April 1975, and his body was cremated at Purewa.[3][9] References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?ti=5544&indiv=try&db=1911england&h=57260711 |title=1911 England census: Class - RG14; Piece - 17219; Schedule Number - 188 |date=2011 |website= |publisher=Ancestry.com Operations |accessdate=19 August 2015 | subscription=yes}} {{1934 New Zealand British Empire Games team}}{{WPCBIndex}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Brainsby, Harold}}2. ^{{cite web |url=http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?ti=5544&indiv=try&db=ukoutwardpassengerlists&h=44118055 |title=UK outward passenger lists, 1890–1960 |date=2012 |website= |publisher=Ancestry.com Operations |accessdate=19 August 2015 |subscription=yes}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news | title=Lawyer and former athlete dies at 63 | date=4 April 1975 | work=New Zealand Herald | page=2}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/university3.html |title=NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Bh–Bre |date= |website= |publisher= |accessdate=19 August 2015}} 5. ^1 {{cite news | url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19400325.2.152.2 | title=Marriage at Remuera | date=25 March 1940 | work=New Zealand Herald | accessdate=18 June 2017 | page=13}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org.nz/nzolympic/athlete/harold-brainsby |title=Harold Brainsby |year=2013 |website= |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |accessdate=19 August 2015}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.anzrankings.org.nz/userfiles/file/National_Champions.pdf |title=National champions 1887–2014 |date=January 2015 |website= |publisher=Athletics New Zealand |accessdate=4 June 2015 | first=Stephen | last=Hollings | page=40}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.propertylawyer.co.nz/history/index.html |title=History of Churton Hart & Divers, barristers and solicitors, Howick, Auckland |year=2008 |website= |publisher=Churton Hart & Divers |accessdate=19 August 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113035825/http://propertylawyer.co.nz/history/index.html |archivedate=13 January 2015 |df=dmy-all }} 9. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.purewa.co.nz/view/?id=74497 |title=Burial & cremation details |date= |website= |publisher=Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium |accessdate=4 September 2018}} 17 : 1910 births|1975 deaths|Sportspeople from Birmingham, West Midlands|English emigrants to New Zealand|Sportspeople from Auckland|People educated at Whangarei Boys' High School|New Zealand male triple jumpers|New Zealand male long jumpers|Athletes (track and field) at the 1934 British Empire Games|Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics|Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand|University of Auckland alumni|New Zealand military personnel of World War II|New Zealand journalists|20th-century New Zealand lawyers|New Zealand contract bridge players|People from Handsworth, West Midlands |
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