title: Geoff Hignett
text: # Geoff Hignett
  
  Geoffrey John Hignett (born 1950), is a male former athlete who competed for England.
  
  ## Athletics career
  
  Hignett was the 1973 English long jump champion.
  
  He represented England in the long jump, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.
  
  He also competed at the 1971 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki and won a bronze medal at the Universiade.
  
  