Allison Higson

Allison Higson

Personal information
Full name	Allison Ann Higson
Nationality	Canada
Born	March 13, 1973 (1973-03-13) (age 38) Mississauga, Ontario
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Breaststroke
Club	Etobicoke Pepsi Swim Club
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for  Canada Olympic Games Bronze 1988 Seoul 4x100 m medley World Championships (LC) Bronze 1986 Madrid 200 m breaststroke Pan Pacific Championships Gold 1987 Brisbane 100 m breaststroke Silver 1987 Brisbane 200 m medley

Allison Higson now Allison Cavanaugh (born March 13, 1973 in Mississauga, Ontario) is a former international breaststroke and freestyle swimmer from Canada, who won the bronze medal with the Women's 4x100 Medley Relay Team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, together with Andrea Nugent, Jane Kerr, and Lori Melien.

At the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Higson won gold medals in the women's 100-metre and 200-metre breaststroke, both in Games Record time. At the 1986 world championships in Madrid, Higson captured a bronze medal in the 200m breaststroke event.

She briefly held the women's 200-metre breaststroke world record in 1988. Higson also competed four years later, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where she didn't win a medal.

References

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