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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.
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 Olympics.com
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- 1928 births
- 1993 deaths
- English male sprinters
- British male sprinters
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for 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
- Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century English sportsmen
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