Chris Baker (born 2 February 1991) is an

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athlete specialising in the

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. He won a bronze medal at the 2016 European Championships. In addition, he represented

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at the

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without advancing to the final. His personal bests in the event are 2.29 metres outdoors (Amsterdam 2016) and 2.36 metres indoors (Hustopece 2016).

Competition record

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1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Norwich English male high jumpers British male high jumpers Olympic male high jumpers Olympic athletes of Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for England Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games European Athletics Championships medalists British Athletics Championships winners {{England-athletics-bio-stub