Christopher Baillie (born 21 April 1981) is a Scottish

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from

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, most noted for his silver medal at the

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in the

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Early life

He was educated at

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. He is the younger brother of the late

Ross Baillie Ross Baillie (26 September 1977 – 18 June 1999) was a Scottish track and field athlete, older brother of Commonwealth Silver medal winner Chris Baillie. Both his parents were also track and field athletes, father Hugh representing Great Brit ...

who was also a

Career

Baillie won a gold medal in the

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at the

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in Riga, competing for Great Britain and finishing a dead heat with Spain's Felipe Vivancos. He won bronze at the

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in Amsterdam. Baillie now after retiring late in 2014 has taken up a more coaching side of things when it comes to athletics, basing himself in the West coast of Scotland at Scotstoun Stadium, home ground of his previous club Victoria Park Athletic.

References

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Scottish male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Team Bath track and field athletes Sportspeople from Clydebank People educated at Clydebank High School Living people 1981 births Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{Scotland-athletics-bio-stub