Brian Burgess (athlete)
British high jumper (born 1957)
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Brian Burgess (born 30 September 1957) is a Scottish former athlete who specialised in the high jump. His personal best jump of 2.20m, set in London on 11 June 1978, set a British national record.[1]
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||
| Born | 30 September 1957 | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | High jump | |||||||||||
| Club | Edinburgh AC | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Burgess finished third behind two Americans in the high jump event at the 1978 AAA Championships[2] by virtue of being the highest placed British athlete was considered the British high jump champion.[3] Shortly afterwards Burgess won a bronze medal for Scotland at the 1978 Commonwealth Games, with a best jump of 2.15m in the final, to share third place with Canada's Dean Bauck. He was the only non-Canadian on the podium and the first Scot to win a high jump medal since Alan Paterson in 1950.[4]
A six-time Scottish champion, he was also a two-time champion at the UK Athletics Championships, in 1979 and 1981.[5]