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'''Gillian Hitchen''' (born 1959), is a female former athlete who competed for England.
==Athletics career== Hitchen was a National Champion after winning the 1978 UK Athletics Championships title in the high jump.
She represented England in the high jump, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edmonton-1978/athletes|title=1978 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41219|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=29 September 2019|archive-date=29 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929140518/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41219|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hitchen, Gillian}} Category:1957 births Category:Sportspeople from Wigan Category:English women high jumpers Category:British women high jumpers Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Category:Living people Category:20th-century English sportswomen
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