Brian Burgess (athlete)

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Brian Burgess

Personal information
Nationality	British (Scottish)
Born	(1957-09-30) 30 September 1957 (age 67)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	High jump
Club	Edinburgh AC
Medal record Representing   Scotland Commonwealth Games 1978 Edmonton High jump

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]

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]

References

1. Sutherland, Sandy (5 July 1978). "Williamson still left out in cold". The Guardian .
2. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
3. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
4. "Commonwealth Games: Men's high jump". Athletics Weekly . 26 July 2014.
5. "UK Championships". www.gbrathletics.com.

External links

• Brian Burgess at World Athletics
• Brian Burgess at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)