Robin Brunyee
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | Second quarter 1939 Worksop, England |
| Died | 7 August 2014 (aged 75) Carnforth, Lancashire |
| Education | Worksop College |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Hurdles |
| Club | Worksop Harriers Birchfield Harriers |
Peter Robin Brunyee (1939 – 7 August 2014), was a male athlete who competed for England in the high hurdles.
Biography
Brunyee was a prodigious schoolboy hurdler and won the intermediate boys England Schools 110y title (14.1s) in 1955. A year later he won the senior boys 120y hurdles title at Shrewsbury with a championship record of 14.9s. After leaving school he further improved his best junior time to 14.6s, which until recently was still listed in the UK all-time junior lists.
He was the first Worksop Harrier athlete to represent England.[1]
He represented England athletics team[2] in the 120 yards hurdles at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Club History". Worksop Harriers.
- ^ "England's Team". Lincolnshire Echo. 23 June 1958. p. 6. Retrieved 27 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.