(1953-03-10) March 10, 1953 (age 71) Mission, British Columbia, Canada
Sport
Sport
High jump
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking
1st (1979)
Personal bests
High jump (indoor): 1.99 m (6 ft 6.3 in) (1982, Former WIR)
High jump (outdoor): 1.98 m (6 ft 6.0 in) (1984, NR)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Canada
IAAF World Indoor Games
1985 Paris
High jump
Pan American Games
1971 Cali
High jump
1979 San Juan
High jump
Commonwealth Games
1970 Edinburgh
High jump
1978 Edmonton
High jump
1982 Brisbane
High jump
Universiade
1977 Sofia
High jump
Representing Americas
IAAF World Cup
1979 Montreal
High jump
1977 Dusseldorf
High jump
Debbie Arden Brill, OC (born March 10, 1953) is a Canadian high jump athlete who at the age of 16 became the first North American woman to clear 6 feet. Her reverse jumping style—which is now almost exclusively the technique of elite high jumpers—was called the Brill Bend and was developed by her when she was a child, around the same time as Dick Fosbury was developing the similar Fosbury Flop in the US. Brill won gold in the high jump at the 1970 Commonwealth Games, and at the Pan American Games in 1971. She finished 8th in the 1972 Summer Olympics, then quit the sport in the wake of the Munich massacre, returning three years later. She won gold at the IAAF World Cup in 1979 and at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. She has held the Canadian high jump record since 1969, and set the current record of 1.99 meters in 1982, a few months after giving birth to her first child.
Debbie Arden Brill, OC (born March 10, 1953) is a Canadian high jump athlete who at the age of 16 became the first North American woman to clear 6 feet...
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both arms into the air, contributing to the upwards momentum. DebbieBrill, the "Brill Bend" Durso, Joseph (20 October 1968). "Fearless Fosbury Flops...
mixtures. Around the same time, DebbieBrill independently came up with the same technique, which she called the 'Brill Bend'. Since Fosbury used his new...
center of mass in flight than traditional techniques. DebbieBrill was developing her similar "Brill Bend" around the same time. This approach has seen nearly...
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Huntley USA National High Jump Champion 1978 Succeeded by DebbieBrill Preceded by DebbieBrill USA National High Jump Champion 1983 Succeeded by Pam Spencer...
Czech Republic European Championships indoor W 45 (progression) 1.76 DebbieBrill Canada 10 March 1953 46 6 August 1999 Gateshead United Kingdom WAVA...
Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) East Germany 1.98 Sara Simeoni (ITA) Europe 1.92 DebbieBrill (CAN) America 1.89 Long jump Lyn Jacenko (AUS) Oceania 6.54 Jarmila...
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin following his death 4 days earlier. Born: DebbieBrill, Canadian athlete, in Mission, British Columbia A 3-day tornado outbreak...
Dabney Rosalyn Bryant Patricia Jackson Sherri Howard 3:27.36 High jump DebbieBrill (CAN) Americas 1.96 Sara Simeoni (ITA) Europe 1.94 Nina Serbina (URS)...
Joyce Sadowick Patty Loverock Stephanie Berto 44.68 High jump details DebbieBrill (CAN) 1.78 m Ann Wilson (ENG) 1.70 m Moira Walls (SCO) 1.70 m Long...
in this era) by jumping over the bar backwards. Canadian DebbieBrill started doing the "Brill bend" about the same time, but Fosbury got the most exposure...
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