Peter Higgins (athlete)
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| Full name | Francis Peter Higgins | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 November 1928 Stockton-on-Tees, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 September 1993 (aged 64) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400m | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Northern Counties Southgate Harriers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Francis Peter Higgins (16 November 1928 – 8 September 1993) was a British athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres, who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
[edit]Higgins finished third behind Peter Fryer in the 440 yards event at the 1954 AAA Championships.[2][3] Shortly afterwards he represented the England team at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver,[4] where he won a gold medal in the 4 x 440 yards event with Peter Fryer, Alan Dick and Derek Johnson.[5][6]
Higgins was third again behind Fryer at the 1955 AAA Championships, improving to second behind Michael Wheeler at the 1956 AAA Championships.[7]
Later that year in 1956 he represented Great Britain at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, where he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metre relay with his team mates Michael Wheeler, John Salisbury and Derek Johnson.[1]
Higgins finally became the British 440 yards champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1957 AAA Championships.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Peter Higgins". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
Full name: Francis Peter Higgins
- ^ "2 Britons hold new record". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 11 July 1954. Retrieved 25 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "Vancouver 1954 Team". Team England. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Vancouver 1954 Team". Team England. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ British Olympic Medallists. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-23.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "Ibbotson has shock - fails to qualify". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 13 July 1957. Retrieved 17 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
External links
[edit]- Francis Peter Higgins at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Francis Peter Higgins at Olympics.com
- Peter Higgins at Olympic.org (archived)
- Peter Higgins at Team GB
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