Debbie Brill
Debbie Brill (actually Deborah Brill ; born March 10, 1953 in Mission , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian high jumper .
In 1968, at the age of 15, she was the first Canadian champion with a jumping technique called Brill Bend , in which she crossed the bar backwards. Since Dick Fosbury became Olympic champion in the same year with a similar style that he had developed independently of Brill, the term Fosbury-Flop for this technique prevailed, which revolutionized the high jump in the following years.
In 1970 she won the British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh and in 1971 the Pan American Games in Cali . At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, she was eighth.
After a fourth place at the Pan American Games in 1975 in Mexico City, she was eliminated at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal in the qualification without a valid attempt. In 1977 she won bronze at the Universiade and came third at the World Cup in Athletics in Düsseldorf . A silver medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton was followed by a bronze medal at the Pan American Games in San Juan in 1979 and a victory at the World Cup in Athletics in Montreal . The boycott of Canada prevented participation in the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.
In 1982 she won again at the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane . In 1983 she was sixth in the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki , in 1984 fifth in the Olympic Games in Los Angeles , in 1985 she won bronze in the World Indoor Athletics Games in Paris , and in 1986 she was fifth in the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh .
She has been Canadian champion eleven times (1968–1971, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982–1984), twice US champion (1979, 1982) and once English champion (1971). She won the US title three times in the hall (1970, 1978, 1986).
Top performances
Web links
- Debbie Brill in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Debbie Brill in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brill, Debbie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brill, Deborah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian high jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mission (British Columbia) |