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Brian Burgess

Personal information
Birth name	Brian Burgess
Born	(1957-09-30) 30 September 1957 (age 67)
Sport
Country	Great Britain  Scotland
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.

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.

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.

References

1. Sutherland, Sandy (5 July 1978). "Williamson still left out in cold". The Guardian.
2. "Commonwealth Games: Men's high jump". Athletics Weekly. 26 July 2014.
3. "UK Championships". www.gbrathletics.com.

External links

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

• 1957 births
• Living people
• Scottish male high jumpers
• British male high jumpers
• Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
• Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
• Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games