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| Gold | 1952 Helsinki | High jump | |
Esther Cornelia Brand (born September 29, 1924) was a South African athlete, who was born as Esther van Heerden. She mainly competed in the high jump, and won the gold medal for South Africa at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland.
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| 1928: Ethel Catherwood • 1932: Jean Shiley • 1936: Ibolya Csák • 1948: Alice Coachman • 1952: Esther Brand • 1956: Mildred McDaniel • 1960: Iolanda Balas • 1964: Iolanda Balas • 1968: Miloslava Rezková • 1972: Ulrike Meyfarth • 1976: Rosemarie Ackermann • 1980: Sara Simeoni • 1984: Ulrike Meyfarth • 1988: Louise Ritter • 1992: Heike Henkel • 1996: Stefka Kostadinova • 2000: Yelena Yelesina • 2004: Yelena Slesarenko |
