medaltemplates article_title birth_date
sport women 's athletics michele brown -lrb- athlete -rrb-
 3 july 1939
michele brown -lrb- athlete -rrb-

michele mary brown -lrb- née mason ; born 3 july 1939 -rrb- is an australian athlete , who competed mainly in the high jump during her career .
she competed for australia at the 1964 summer olympics held in tokyo , japan where she won the silver medal in the women 's high jump event .
she was the second female athlete ever to jump over six feet , after iolanda balaș .
