Gillian Hitchen
{{short description|English high jumper}}
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Gillian Hitchen (born 1959), is a female former athlete who competed for England.
Athletics career
Hitchen was a National Champion after winning the 1978 UK Athletics Championships title in the high jump.
She represented England in the high jump, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edmonton-1978/athletes|title=1978 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41219|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}
References
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Category:Sportspeople from Wigan
Category:English female high jumpers
Category:British female high jumpers
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Category:20th-century English sportswomen
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