Raymond Higgs
{{short description|Bahamian long jumper}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|01|24}}
| birth_place = Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas
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| sport = Athletics
| event = High jump, Long jump, Triple jump
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Raymond “R.J” Higgs (born 24 January 1991 in Freeport) is a Bahamian long jumper.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115006/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hi/raymond-higgs-1.html Sports Reference profile]
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| accessdate =December 26, 2014
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| title = Raymond Higgs - Biography
| url = http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/cycling_road/1027729/raymond_higgs.html
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| accessdate = December 26, 2014
| archive-date = 4 March 2016
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}} He competed in the long jump event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[http://www.london2012.com/athlete/higgs-raymond-1124015/ London 2012 profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031214522/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/higgs-raymond-1124015/ |date=2012-10-31 }}
Personal bests
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| Event | Result | Venue | Date |
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| colspan="4"|Outdoor | |||
| High jump | 2.21 m | {{flagicon|BAH}} Nassau | 27 Jun 2008 |
| Long jump | 8.15 m (wind: +0.6 m/s) | {{flagicon|USA}} Athens, Georgia | 14 May 2011 |
| Triple jump | 15.92 m (wind: +0.7 m/s) | {{flagicon|USA}} Fayetteville, Arkansas | 31 May 2014 |
| colspan="4"|Indoor | |||
| High jump | 2.16 m | {{flagicon|USA}} Fayetteville, Arkansas | 4 Mar 2011 |
| Long jump | 7.99 m | {{flagicon|USA}} Fayetteville, Arkansas | 14 Feb 2014 |
| Triple jump | 15.41 m | {{flagicon|USA}} Fayetteville, Arkansas | 1 Feb 2014 |
Achievements
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| colspan="6"|Representing the {{BAH}} |
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| 2005
|CARIFTA Games (U17) |bgcolor=gold|1st |High jump |1.85 m |
| rowspan=4|2006
|rowspan=2|CARIFTA Games (U17) |rowspan=2|Les Abymes, Guadeloupe |bgcolor=gold|1st |High jump |2.06 m |
| bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|Long jump |6.88 m (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
| rowspan=2|Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U17)
|rowspan=2|Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |bgcolor=gold|1st |High jump |2.02 m |
| bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Triple jump |14.74 m (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
| rowspan=4|2007
|rowspan=3|CARIFTA Games (U17) |rowspan=3|Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |bgcolor=gold|1st |High jump |2.13 m |
| bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|Long jump |6.83 m (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
| bgcolor=gold|1st
|Triple jump |14.79 m (wind: -2.0 m/s) |
| World Youth Championships
| — |High jump |NH |
| rowspan=2|2008
|CARIFTA Games (U20) |Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis |bgcolor=gold|1st |High jump |2.10 m |
| World Junior Championships
|8th |High jump |
| rowspan=4|2009
|rowspan=2|CARIFTA Games (U20) |rowspan=2|Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia |bgcolor=gold|1st |High jump |2.21 m |
| bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Long jump |7.35 m (wind: +1.6 m/s) |
| Central American and Caribbean Championships
|10th |High jump |
| Pan American Junior Championships
|Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |9th |High jump |2.00 m |
| rowspan=4|2010
|rowspan=2|Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships |rowspan=2|Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |bgcolor=silver|2nd |High jump |2.11 m |
| bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|Long jump |7.35 m (wind: -0.4 m/s) |
| rowspan=2|World Junior Championships
|rowspan=2|Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada |29th (q) |High jump |
| 11th
|Long jump |7.09 m (wind: -0.8 m/s) |
| rowspan=2|2011
|Central American and Caribbean Championships |bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd |Long jump |7.75 m (wind: +1.0 m/s) |
| World Championships
|25th (q) |Long jump |7.72 m (wind: -0.8 m/s) |
| 2012
|21st (q) |Long jump |7.76 m (wind: +0.9 m/s) |
| rowspan=3|2014
|13th (q) |Long jump |7.61 m (wind: -0.1 m/s) |
| Pan American Sports Festival
|6th |Long jump |7.76 m A (wind: +0.4 m/s) |
| Central American and Caribbean Games
|4th |Long jump |7.63 m A (wind: -0.5 m/s) |
Higgs competed collegiately in the United States for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks. In 2012, he won the long jump in the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships and finished third at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.http://static.lakana.com/nxsglobal/nwahomepage/document_dev/2016/06/30/2016%20MTR%20Olympic%20Trials%20Profiles_9279496_ver1.0.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics}}
- [http://www.run123.one/rec/BAH/BAH-M-HJ.html Bahamian high jump record progression (run123.one)]
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Category:Bahamian male long jumpers
Category:21st-century Bahamian sportsmen
Category:Olympic athletes for the Bahamas
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Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for the Bahamas
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for the Bahamas
Category:Athletes from Freeport, Bahamas
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games