Orien Brown
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| Born | March 4, 1952[1] | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Texas Southern University[2] | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | 100 metres | |||||||||||
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| Personal best | 11.3 seconds (1970)[3] | |||||||||||
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Orien Brown (born March 4, 1952) is a former American sprinter. She won the gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1971 Pan American Games.
Brown competed in college representing Texas Southern University. In 1971, she won the 100 yard dash at the Texas Relays in a wind-aided time of 10.4 seconds.[4]
Brown has coached the track and field teams at Dallas Skyline High School and Bishop Dunne Catholic School. In 2017, she was inducted into the Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Orien Brown Track and Field Statistics". Brinkster. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "KC Ends Drought; Beats Baltimore". The Billings Gazette. Billings, Montana. 1 May 1971. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Texas Relays". Amarillo Sunday News Globe. Amarillo, Texas. 5 April 1970.
- ^ "2019 Texas Relays Meet Information" (PDF). 2019.
- ^ Darryl E. Blair Sr. (16 February 2017). "The Texas Black Sports Hall Of Fame". Issuu. p. 4.
- ^ Stephen Hunt (February 2017). "Boxing great George Foreman headlines Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame induction class". SportsDay.
Categories:
- 1952 births
- Living people
- American female sprinters
- Texas Southern Tigers women's track and field athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
- 20th-century American sportswomen