Chris Baillie | |
Nationality: | British |
Sport: | Running / Hurdling |
Club: | Victoria Park Athletic Club Birchfield Harriers |
Collegeteam: | Team Bath |
Birth Date: | 21 April 1981 |
Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
Height: | 1.83m |
Christopher Baillie (born 21 April 1981) is a Scottish hurdler from Old Kilpatrick, most noted for his silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the 110 metre hurdles.
He was educated at Clydebank High School.[1] He is the younger brother of the late Ross Baillie who was also a hurdler.[2]
Baillie won a gold medal in the 110-metre hurdles at the 1999 European Athletics Junior Championships in Riga, competing for Great Britain and finishing a dead heat with Spain's Felipe Vivancos.[3] He won bronze at the 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships in Amsterdam.[4]
Baillie now after retiring late in 2014 has taken up a more coaching side of things when it comes to athletics, basing himself in the West coast of Scotland at Scotstoun Stadium, home ground of his previous club Victoria Park Athletic.