Geoff Hignett
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||
| Born | 5 October 1950 Ormskirk, England | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | long jump | |||||||||||
| Club | Pembroke AC Stretford AC | |||||||||||
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Geoffrey John Hignett (born 5 October 1950), is a male former athlete who competed for England.
Biography
[edit]Hignett represented England in the long jump, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland[1][2][3] and also competed at the 1971 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki and won a bronze medal at the Universiade.
Hignett became the British long jump champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1973 AAA Championships.[4][5] He would later podium twice more at the AAAs at the 1974 AAA Championships and the 1975 AAA Championships.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
- ↑ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
- ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ↑ "Results". The People. 15 July 1973. Retrieved 29 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Dave's run for the money". Sunday Mirror. 15 July 1973. Retrieved 29 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ↑ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- Geoff Hignett at World Athletics
- Geoff Hignett at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- Geoff Hignett at InterSportStats
Categories:
- 1950 births
- Living people
- English men long jumpers
- British men long jumpers
- Sportspeople from Ormskirk
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games athletes for England
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade
- AAA Championships winners