Anything but Footy celebrates the life of Robbie Brightwell - Olympic silver medallist at Tokyo 1964.

This conversation was recorded with Robbie and his wife Ann in 2021. Robbie and Ann agreed to speak to us for a special edition of the podcast that was produced exclusively for the athletes heading to the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Robbie and Ann reminisce about taking part in the 1964 Olympic Games, also staged in Tokyo, and how they both returned home with medals. Ann won an unexpected gold medal in the 800m She had only agreed to take part after Robbie convinced her. She had wanted to go shopping instead! Anne also won the silver medal in the 400m at the same games. For Robbie, he had finished 4th in the individual 400m event and won his medal as part of the relay team.

Together they look back at Tokyo 1964 and offer words of advice and guidance to those who followed in their footsteps when the Games returned to Tokyo, after a 12 month delay, in 2021.

This is the first time this conversation has been made available publicly and is shared with the permission of Team GB.

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