Brendan Reilly

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Intro

Irish high jumper

Places

Ireland

Athlete

Work field

Sports

Gender

Male

Birth

23 December 1972 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Shipley

Age

52 years

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Brendan Anthony John Reilly (born 23 December 1972 in Shipley, West Yorkshire) is a Double Olympic high jumper. He won medals at the 1992 IAAF World Cup in Cuba and bronze at the 1995 Summer Universiade. 5 times English Schools Champion, former world record holder for 15 year olds (2.12 m), five times British Senior Champion, European and World Schools Champion. First British teenager to jump over 2.30 m and a personal best of 2.32 m.
His personal bests in the event are 2.31 metres outdoors (1992) and 2.32 metres indoors (2000). Brendan is married to Olympic Irish sprinter, Sarah Reilly.
Reilly is also an artist with work on display for the Art of the Olympians (AOTO).

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Great Britain and England
1989	European Junior Championships	Varaždin, Yugoslavia	16th	2.11 m
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	15th (q)	2.10 m
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	19th (q)	2.20 m
1991	European Junior Championships	Thessaloniki, Greece	5th	2.23 m
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	10th	2.20 m
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	16th (q)	2.23 m
	World Cup	Havana, Cuba	3rd	2.26 m
1993	Universiade	Buffalo, United States	7th	2.24 m
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	21st (q)	2.20 m
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	7th	2.26 m
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	16th (q)	2.20 m
	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	7th	2.25 m
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	14th (q)	2.20 m
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	18th (q)	2.24 m
	Universiade	Fukuoka, Japan	3rd	2.27 m
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	27th (q)	2.23 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	9th	2.24 m
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	5th	2.24 m
Representing Ireland
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	8th	2.29 m
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	1st (q)	2.25 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	23rd (q)	2.20 m