Mark Naylor

Mark Naylor (born 10 September 1957) is a retired male high jumper from England. he competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Mark Naylor

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1957-09-10) 10 September 1957 (age 67) York, England
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	High jump
Club	Hillingdon AC

Biography

Naylor was a member of Hillingdon Athletic Club during his career and finished second behind Alan Dainton in the high jump event at the 1977 AAA Championships.^[2] He represented England in the high jump event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.^[3][4]

At the 1980 Olympics Games in Moscow, he represented Great Britain^[1] and shortly afterwards finished second behind Carlo Thränhardt at the 1980 AAA Championships but by virtue of being the highest placed British athlete was considered the British high jump champion.^[5] Naylor set his personal best (2.24 metres) in 1980.^[6]

Naylor was British champion again in 1981 after another second place behind a non-British athlete in James Frazier of the United States.^[7] He attended his second Olympic Games at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, representing Great Britain in the high jump event.^[1]

Additionally, Naylor was a two-time UK Athletics Championships in 1978 and 1980.