Raymond Higgs

Raymond Higgs

Personal information
Born	(1991-01-24) January 24, 1991 Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas
Sport
Country	Bahamas
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	High jump, Long jump, Triple jump
Updated on 26 December 2014

Raymond “R.J” Higgs (born 24 January 1991 in Freeport) is a Bahamian long jumper. He competed in the long jump event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Personal bests

Event	Result	Venue	Date
Outdoor
High jump	2.21 m	Nassau	27 Jun 2008
Long jump	8.15 m (wind: +0.6 m/s)	Athens, Georgia	14 May 2011
Triple jump	15.92 m (wind: +0.7 m/s)	Fayetteville, Arkansas	31 May 2014
Indoor
High jump	2.16 m	Fayetteville, Arkansas	4 Mar 2011
Long jump	7.99 m	Fayetteville, Arkansas	14 Feb 2014
Triple jump	15.41 m	Fayetteville, Arkansas	1 Feb 2014

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the Bahamas
2005	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	High jump	1.85 m
2006	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Les Abymes, Guadeloupe	1st	High jump	2.06 m
			3rd	Long jump	6.88 m (wind: 0.0 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U17)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	High jump	2.02 m
			2nd	Triple jump	14.74 m (wind: 0.0 m/s)
2007	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands	1st	High jump	2.13 m
			3rd	Long jump	6.83 m (wind: 0.0 m/s)
			1st	Triple jump	14.79 m (wind: -2.0 m/s)
	World Youth Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	—	High jump	NH
2008	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis	1st	High jump	2.10 m
	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	8th	High jump	2.13 m
2009	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia	1st	High jump	2.21 m
			2nd	Long jump	7.35 m (wind: +1.6 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	La Habana, Cuba	10th	High jump	1.90 m
	Pan American Junior Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	9th	High jump	2.00 m
2010	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	2nd	High jump	2.11 m
			3rd	Long jump	7.35 m (wind: -0.4 m/s)
	World Junior Championships	Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada	29th (q)	High jump	2.00 m
			11th	Long jump	7.09 m (wind: -0.8 m/s)
2011	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	3rd	Long jump	7.75 m (wind: +1.0 m/s)
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	25th (q)	Long jump	7.72 m (wind: -0.8 m/s)
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	21st (q)	Long jump	7.76 m (wind: +0.9 m/s)
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	13th (q)	Long jump	7.61 m (wind: -0.1 m/s)
	Pan American Sports Festival	Ciudad de México, México	6th	Long jump	7.76 m A (wind: +0.4 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	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.

External links

• Raymond Higgs at World Athletics
• Bahamian high jump record progression (run123.one)