Peter Higgins (athlete)
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| Nationality |  England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 November 1928 Stockton-on-Tees | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 September 1993 (aged 64) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Francis Peter Higgins (16 November 1928 – 8 September 1993) was a British athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres.
Athletics career[]
He competed for Great Britain in the 1956 Summer Olympics held 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.
He was also a 4×400 metres relay gold medallist for England at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[1][2][3]
Personal life[]
He was born in Stockton-on-Tees and was also a Sports Teacher at Down Lane Central School, Tottenham, London, United Kingdom in the 1950s.
References[]
- ^ British Olympic Medallists. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-23.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1954 Athletes". Team England.
External links[]
- Peter Higgins at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Peter Higgins at the International Olympic Committee
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Categories:
- 1928 births
- 1993 deaths
- British male sprinters
- English male sprinters
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Great Britain
- Sportspeople from Stockton-on-Tees
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes from Yorkshire
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- British athletics Olympic medallist stubs