Peter Higgins (athlete)

Francis Peter Higgins (16 November 1928 – 8 September 1993) was a British athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres.

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 Vancouver4x440y relay

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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