About Robin Brunyee
Lived 1939 – 2014 (aged 74–75). Robin Brunyee was an athletics competitor.
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.
He represented England athletics team in the 120 yards hurdles at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.
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Who was Robin Brunyee?
English hurdler
When was Robin Brunyee born?
Robin Brunyee was born in 1939 in Worksop.
When did Robin Brunyee die?
Robin Brunyee died on 7 August 2014 in Carnforth.
What was Robin Brunyee's occupation?
Robin Brunyee was an athletics competitor.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Robin Brunyee. https://biography.guide/robin-brunyee/
MLA: "Robin Brunyee." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/robin-brunyee/.
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