Ted Higgins
British athlete (born 2001)
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Ted Higgins (born 20 September 2001) is a British middle-distance and cross country runner.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 20 September 2001 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Middle distance running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 800m: 1:46.28 (2026) 1500m: 3:34.89 (2026) Mile: 3:54.61 (2026) 3000m: 8:33.48 (2024) Indoor 800m: 1:49.40 (2025) 1500m: 3:39.52 (2006) Mile: 4:01.81 (2025) |
Biography
His twin brother Jack is also a middle-distance runner with both running for Tonbridge Athletics Club.[2]
In December 2025, Higgins ran 7:57.31 over 3000 metres to win the South of England indoor title and took part in his first official 5 km race on the roads in Battersea on 31 December, placing second in 13:38 behind Joe Wigfield.[3]
Higgins opened 2026 with an indoor personal best over 1500 metres in Sheffield, running 3:39.52 to finish three hundredths of a second in front of his brother Jack.[4] Higgins ran 3:57.05 for the indoor mile at Lee Valley in February 2026.[5] Later that month, he ran a personal best 7:53.21 to place third overall in the 3000 metres at the 2026 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham behind Tom Keen and Henry McLuckie.[6] Later that month, he had a top-five finish at the English National Cross Country Championships in Sedgefield.[7] In April, Higgins ran the third fastest time overall as he helped Tonbridge AC to a second place finish at the 2026 the British national road relay championships.[8] In May, Higgins finished third with a time of 3:39.73 for the 1500m at The Belfast Classic.[9] In May, he also won over 800 metres competing for Tonbridge in the National Athletics League opener in Derby.[10] That month, he was named in the England team for the 2026 Loughborough International, finishing runner-up to Freddie Rowe in the Gandy Mile.[11][12] In June, he won over 1500 metres at the Josef Odložil Memorial in Prague.[13] That month, he qualified for the final of the 1500 metres at the 2026 British Championships, placing fourth overall.[14] In July, he finished second in the mile to Reuben Reina at the Cork City Sports in Ireland.[15]