Allison Ann Higson (born March 13, 1973), later known by her married name Allison Cavanaugh, is a former 2-time Olympic

breaststroke Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be s ...

, individual medley, and

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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 The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

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.

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

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