Martin Higdon

{{Short description|British pole vaulter)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Use British English|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Martin Higdon | image = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = Pole vault | club = Hercules Wimbledon AC | birth_date = Q3. 1943<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=RkifQpBaOQyWhOLZH5Jzzg&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=24 January 2026|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> | birth_place = Gloucester, England | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = }}

'''Martin Higdon''' (born 1943) is a former international athlete who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

== Biography == Higdon was a member of the Hercules Wimbledon Athletic Club and specialised in the pole vault.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001329/19700701/153/0008 |title=Martin Higdon (Hercules Wimbledon) |work=Torbay Express and South Devon Echo |date=1 July 1970 |p=8 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref> A college lecturer at Loughborough College by profession,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19700714/176/0020 |title=Martin Higdon, now he's happy |work=Daily Mirror |date=14 July 1970 |p=20 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref> he represented England and Great Britain at international level.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005119/19670609/303/0014 |title=Graham may be pushed by Scots star |work=Belfast News-Letter |date=9 June 1967 |p=14 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref>

Higdon was twice a podium finisher at the AAA Championships,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref> third behind Mike Bull at the 1966 AAA Championships<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004973/19660709/016/0016 |title=Gamoudi holds off Tulloch in six miles |work=Western Daily Press |date=9 July 1966 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000729/19660710/192/0017 |title=Hurdler Dave flies in for Britain |work=The People |date=10 July 1966 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref> and runner-up behind Bull at the 1969 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19690802/016/0016 |title=Shock victory by Irish middle-distance man |work=Hull Daily Mail |date=2 August 1969 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19690803/013/0013 |title=Yorkshire hat-trick in AAA championships |work=Sunday Sun (Newcastle) |date=3 August 1969 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref>

Higdon represented the England team<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970|title=Edinburgh, 1970 Team|publisher=Team England|access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref> at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005765/19700608/020/0001 |title=England's Men Athletes For Games |work=Evening News (London) |date=8 June 1970 |p=1 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref> where he competed in the pole vault event.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108075655/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3037/19/all |title=England Edinburgh 1970 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref>

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