Christopher Edwin Baker (born 2 February 1991) is an English athlete specialising in the high jump. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Biography Baker represented England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and won a bronze medal at the 2016 European Championships. His personal bests in the event are 2.29 metres outdoors (Amsterdam 2016) and 2.36 metres indoors (Hustopece 2016).
At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, he represented Great Britain in the high jump event.
Baker became the British high jump champion after winning the 2018 British Athletics Championships. A second Commonwealth Games appearance ensued when he represented England at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
Competition record Representing and 2008Commonwealth Youth Games Pune, India4th2.06 m2013European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland7th2.21 m2014European Team Championships Braunschweig, Germany5th2.19 mCommonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom4th2.25 mEuropean Championships Zürich, Switzerland11th2.21 m2016World Indoor Championships Portland, United States8th2.29 mEuropean ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands3rd2.29 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil16th (q)2.26 m2017European Team Championships Lille, France8th2.12 m2018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia9th2.21 mEuropean ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany16th (q)2.21 m2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom4th2.22 m
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