Chris Baker (high jumper)
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | 2 February 1991 |
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 80 kg (180 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Great Britain |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | High jump |
Club | Sale Harriers[1] |
Coached by | Gareth Walton & Graham Ravenscroft |
Medal record |
Chris Baker (born 2 February 1991) is an English athlete specialising in the high jump.[2] He won a bronze medal at the 2016 European Championships. In addition, he represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics without advancing to the final.
His personal bests in the event are 2.29 metres outdoors (Amsterdam 2016) and 2.36 metres indoors (Hustopece 2016).
Competition record
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing Great Britain and England | ||||
2008 | Commonwealth Youth Games | Pune, India | 4th | 2.06 m |
2013 | European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 7th | 2.21 m |
2014 | European Team Championships | Braunschweig, Germany | 5th | 2.19 m |
Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 4th | 2.25 m | |
European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 11th | 2.21 m | |
2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 8th | 2.29 m |
European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 3rd | 2.29 m | |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 16th (q) | 2.26 m | |
2017 | European Team Championships | Lille, France | 8th | 2.12 m |
2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 9th | 2.21 m |
European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 16th (q) | 2.21 m | |
2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 4th | 2.22 m |
References
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Categories:
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Norwich
- English male high jumpers
- British male high jumpers
- Olympic male high jumpers
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- British Athletics Championships winners
- 21st-century English sportsmen
- English athletics biography stubs