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Peter Higgins (athlete)

Peter Higgins
Personal information
Nationality England
Born16 November 1928
Stockton-on-Tees
Died8 September 1993 (aged 64)
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Melbourne 4x400m relay
Representing  England
British Empire & Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1954 Vancouver 4x440y relay

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]

References

  1. ^ British Olympic Medallists. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-23.
  2. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. ^ "1954 Athletes". Team England.


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