# Geoff Hignett

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{{short description|English long jumper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
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| name             = Geoff Hignett
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| nationality      = British (English)
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|5 October 1950}}
| birth_place      = [Ormskirk](/source/Ormskirk), England
| death_date       = 
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| sport            = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)
| event            = long jump
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| club             = Pembroke AC<br>[Stretford AC](/source/Stretford_AC)
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{{MedalCountry|{{flagu|Great Britain}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Summer Universiade](/source/Summer_Universiade)}}
{{MedalBronze|[1970 Turin](/source/1970_Summer_Universiade)|[Long jump](/source/Athletics_at_the_1970_Summer_Universiade)}}
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'''Geoffrey John Hignett''' (born 5 October 1950), is a male former athlete who competed for England.

== Biography ==
Hignett represented [England](/source/England_at_the_1970_British_Commonwealth_Games) in the long jump, at the [1970 British Commonwealth Games](/source/1970_British_Commonwealth_Games) in [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh), Scotland<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970/athletes|title=1970 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970|title=Edinburgh, 1970 Team|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39056|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=14 August 2019|archive-date=14 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814104954/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39056|url-status=dead}}</ref> and also competed at the [1971 European Athletics Championships](/source/1971_European_Athletics_Championships) in [Helsinki](/source/Helsinki) and won a bronze medal at the [Universiade](/source/Universiade).

Hignett became the [British long jump champion](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_long_jump) after winning the British [AAA Championships](/source/AAA_Championships) title at the [1973 AAA Championships](/source/1973_AAA_Championships).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002454/19730715/235/0020 |title=Results  |work=The People |date=15 July 1973 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=29 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19730715/319/0042 |title=Dave's run for the money |work=Sunday Mirror |date=15 July 1973 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=29 May 2025}}</ref> He would later podium twice more at the AAAs at the [1974 AAA Championships](/source/1974_AAA_Championships) and the [1975 AAA Championships](/source/1975_AAA_Championships).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=29 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=29 May 2025}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
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Category:1950 births
Category:Living people
Category:English men long jumpers
Category:British men long jumpers
Category:Sportspeople from Ormskirk
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England
Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Great Britain
Category:Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade

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