{{short description|British sprinter (1942–2022)}} {{Redirect|Piggot|other uses|Pigot (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Les Piggot | image = | caption = | nationality = British (Scottish) | sport = Athletics | event = Sprints | club = Garscube Harriers | birth_date = 11 May 1942 | birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland | death_date = 30 October 2022 (aged 80) | death_place = East Kilbride, Scotland | height =180 cm | weight =70 kg }}
'''Leslie MacDonald Piggot''' (11 May 1942 – 30 October 2022) was a British sprinter who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.<ref name=sref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/les-piggot-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418011409/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/les-piggot-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=30 May 2013}}</ref>
== Biography == Piggot was born in Rutherglen on 11 May 1942. He played rugby and competed in athletics at school but was involved in a serious car accident after leaving school.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69390 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=26 May 2025}}</ref>
In 1968, Piggot married fellow sprinter Morag Carmichael. Piggot finished second behind Brian Green in the 100 metres event at the 1971 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=26 May 2025}}</ref> and on two further occasions finished third at both the 1972 AAA Championships and 1973 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=26 May 2025}}</ref>
At the 1972 Olympics Games in Munich, he represented Great Britain in the 100 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay.<ref name=oly/> At retirement he had represented Great Britain between 1965 and 1976 over 50 times and had won 14 medals at the Scottish Championships (the last in 1976 when he defeated Allan Wells).<ref name=oly/>
He died in East Kilbride on 30 October 2022, at the age of 80.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Davidson |first1=Jack |title=Scotsman Obituaries: Les Piggot, Scottish sprinter who competed in Olympics |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/scotsman-obituaries-les-piggot-scottish-sprinter-who-competed-in-olympics-3928657 |access-date=24 November 2022 |publisher=The Scotsman |date=24 November 2022}}</ref>
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