Brian Kilby

Brian Leonard Kilby was a marathon runner from Great Britain, who competed at two Olympic Games.

Biography

Kilby became the British marathon champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1960 AAA Championships. Kilby would go on to win every AAA marathion title from 1960 to 1964. At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, he represented Great Britain in the marathon, where he finished 29th in the men's marathon.
In 1962 when he won gold medal in the men's marathon at the European Championships and at the 1962 Commonwealth Games.
Running in Port Talbot, Wales, on 6 July 1963, he ran his best time, 2:14:43, setting a world record. 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.
He represented England and won a gold medal in the marathon at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.
Four years later he represented England in the marathon again, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.
Kilby died on 30 June 2024, at the age of 86.