Brendan Reilly (athlete) explained

Brendan Reilly
Honorific Suffix:OLY
Nationality:Irish
Birth Date:23 December 1972
Birth Place:Shipley, United Kingdom
Height:1.96 m
Weight:82 kg
Country:Great Britain (England)
Ireland
Sport:Track and field
Event:High jump
Club:Belgrave Harriers, Corby AC

Brendan Anthony John Reilly (born 23 December 1972 in Shipley, West Yorkshire)[1] is a retired two-time Olympic high jumper.

Athletics career

Reilly won medals at the 1992 IAAF World Cup in Cuba and bronze at the 1995 Summer Universiade. 5 times English Schools Champion, former world record holder for 15 year olds (2.12 m), five times British Senior Champion, European and World Schools Champion. Broke the British junior record at 17 with 2m 27 cm in May 1990. First British teenager to jump over 2.30 m and a personal best of 2.32 m.

He represented England in the high jump event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[2] [3] Four years later he represented England in the high jump again, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[4] [5] [6]

His personal bests in the event are 2.31 metres outdoors (1992) and 2.32 metres indoors (2000).

Personal life

Reilly is married to Irish Olympic sprinter Sarah Reilly.

He is also an artist with work on display for the Art of the Olympians (AOTO).[7] [8]

Brendan is also an accomplished golfer having represented Corby GC and is former holder of the Pam St Clement Trophy.

Competition record

Representing and
1989European Junior ChampionshipsVaraždin, Yugoslavia16th2.11 m
1990World Junior ChampionshipsPlovdiv, Bulgaria15th (q)2.10 m
European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia19th (q)2.20 m
1991European Junior ChampionshipsThessaloniki, Greece5th2.23 m
1992European Indoor ChampionshipsGenoa, Italy10th2.20 m
Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain16th (q)2.23 m
World CupHavana, Cuba3rd2.26 m
1993Buffalo, United States7th2.24 m
World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany21st (q)2.20 m
1994European Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France7th2.26 m
European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland16th (q)2.20 m
Commonwealth GamesVictoria, Canada7th2.25 m
1995World Indoor ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain14th (q)2.20 m
World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden18th (q)2.24 m
UniversiadeFukuoka, Japan3rd2.27 m
1997World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece27th (q)2.23 m
1998European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary9th2.24 m
Commonwealth GamesKuala Lumpur, Malaysia5th2.24 m
Representing
1999World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain8th2.29 m
2000European Indoor ChampionshipsGhent, Belgium1st (q)2.25 m
No mark in the final.
Olympic GamesSydney, Australia23rd (q)2.20 m

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418024138/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/brendan-reilly-1.html Sports-Reference profile
  2. Web site: 1994 Athletes. Team England.
  3. Web site: England team in 1994. Commonwealth Games Federation. 19 October 2019. 7 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210507165937/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all. dead.
  4. Web site: 1998 Athletes. Team England.
  5. Web site: England team in 1998. Commonwealth Games Federation. 19 October 2019. 30 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330125318/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all. dead.
  6. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
  7. Web site: Brendan Reilly: High Jump / Drawing /Writer. 10 August 2016.
  8. News: Faulds . Callum . Corby double Olympian has artwork selected for London exhibition . 2022-12-03 . . 2022-06-01 . en-GB.