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{{Short description|Canadian swimmer (born 1973)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Allison Higson
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| fullname       = Allison Ann Higson
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| national_team  = Canada
| strokes        = [[Breaststroke]], [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]]
| club           = Etobicoke Swim Club, University of Calgary, Napa Valley Swim Team
| collegeteam    = Stanford University
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1973|3|13|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Mississauga]], [[Ontario]], Canada
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| height         = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight         = {{convert|70|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}
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{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | Canada}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4x100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1986 World Aquatics Championships|1986 Madrid]] | 200 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1987 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1987 Brisbane]] | 100 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1987 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1987 Brisbane]] | 200 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1986 Commonwealth Games|1986 Edinburgh]]|[[Swimming at the 1986 Commonwealth Games|100 m breaststroke]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1986 Commonwealth Games|1986 Edinburgh]]|200 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1986 Commonwealth Games|1986 Edinburgh]]|4x100 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1990 Commonwealth Games|1990 Auckland]]|[[Swimming at the 1990 Commonwealth Games|4x100 m freestyle]]}}
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'''Allison Ann Higson''' (born March 13, 1973), later known by her married name '''Allison Cavanaugh''', is a former 2-time Olympic [[breaststroke]], [[individual medley]], and [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]] [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] from Canada. Born in Mississauga, Ontario, she grew up in Brampton, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto. She now lives in Traverse City, Michigan with her husband, Sean, and 2 children.

At the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, Higson won gold medals in the women's 100-metre and 200-metre breaststroke, setting new Commonwealth Records in both. Later that summer at the 1986 World Championships in Madrid, Spain, Higson captured a bronze medal in the 200-metre breaststroke event.

At the 1988 Canadian Olympic Trials, in [[Montreal, Quebec]], at the age of 15, Higson broke the women's 200-metre breaststroke World Record in a time of 2:27:27, previously held by Silke Hoerner of East Germany.

Higson also competed at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in [[Barcelona]], Spain, in the preliminary heats of the 100-metre and 200-metre freestyle, and placed eighth in final of the women's 4x100-metre freestyle relay as a member of Canada's team.

==See also==
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)]]
* [[World record progression 200 metres breaststroke]]

==References==
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hi/allison-higson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115030/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hi/allison-higson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Allison Higson}}
{{Footer Commonwealth Champions 100m Breaststroke Women}}
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{{Footer Pan Pacific Champions 100m Breaststroke Women}}

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[[Category:1973 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Canadian female breaststroke swimmers]]
[[Category:Canadian female freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming]]
[[Category:World record setters in swimming]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Canada]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers from Mississauga]]
[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Canada]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian sportswomen]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games]]


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