Jack Higginson (athlete)

Jack Higginson
Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	21 June 1891; Preston, England
Died	15 October 1966 (aged 75); Nelson, England
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Triple jump
Club	Preston Harriers

John Higginson also known as Jack Higginson (21 June 1891 – 15 October 1966) was a British athlete^[1] who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Career

Higginson became the national triple jump champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1924 AAA Championships.^[3]^[4]^[5] Shortly afterwards he was selected for the British team at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, where he competed in the men's triple jump, finishing in 13th place.^[6]

Higginson regained his triple jump title at the 1926 AAA Championships.^[7]^[8] Higginson set a British triple jump record of 14.25 metres in 1926 and his son Jack Higginson Jr. set a record 14.43 metres in 1938.^[1]

References

1 2 Matthews, Peter (1982). The Guinness Book of Athletics Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. p. 256. ISBN 0-85112-238-8.
↑ "Jack Higginson". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
↑ "To-day's Athletics". Gloucestershire Echo. 21 June 1924. Retrieved 3 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Athletic Championships". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 23 June 1924. Retrieved 3 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jack Higginson Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
↑ "AAA Championships". Gloucester Citizen. 3 July 1926. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Champion Athletes". Daily News (London). 5 July 1926. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.