# Gillian Hitchen

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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](/source/1978_UK_Athletics_Championships) title in the high jump.

She represented [England](/source/England_at_the_1978_Commonwealth_Games) in the high jump, at the [1978 Commonwealth Games](/source/1978_Commonwealth_Games) in [Edmonton](/source/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>

==References==
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{{Footer UK NC High Jump Women}}

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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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