Chris Baker (high jumper) explained

Chris Baker
Birth Date:2 February 1991
Sport:Athletics
Event:High jump
Club:Sale Harriers[1]
Coach:Gareth Walton & Graham Ravenscroft

Chris Baker (born 2 February 1991) is an English athlete specialising in the high jump. 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

Representing and
2008Pune, India4th2.06 m
2013Tampere, Finland7th2.21 m
2014Braunschweig, Germany5th2.19 m
Glasgow, United Kingdom4th2.25 m
Zürich, Switzerland11th2.21 m
2016Portland, United States8th2.29 m
European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands3rd2.29 m
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil16th (q)2.26 m
2017Lille, France8th2.12 m
2018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia9th2.21 m
European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany16th (q)2.21 m
2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom4th2.22 m

Notes and References

  1. http://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=22579 Power of 10 profile