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| Birth name | Brian Burgess | |||||||||||
| Born | 30 September 1957 | |||||||||||
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| Country |  Great Britain Scotland | |||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | High jump | |||||||||||
| Club | Edinburgh AC | |||||||||||
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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]
A six-time Scottish champion, 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.[2]
Burgess was the British national champion for high jump in 1978, finishing third in the AAA Championships behind two Americans. He was a two-time champion at the UK Athletics Championships, in 1979 and 1981.[3]
- ^ Sutherland, Sandy (5 July 1978). "Williamson still left out in cold". The Guardian.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Men's high jump". Athletics Weekly. 26 July 2014.
- ^ "UK Championships". www.gbrathletics.com.