Hayley Higham (born 3 January 1974, in Dorchester) is a

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. She is the sister-in-law of fellow British runner

Liz Yelling Elizabeth Anne Yelling (née Talbot; born 5 December 1974, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire) is a British long-distance runner currently based in Poole, Dorset. She is the sister-in-law of fellow British runner Hayley Yelling through her marri ...

. She works as a Maths teacher at

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in Marlow, Buckinghamshire and runs for the Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow Athletic Club. She has competed for England in the Commonwealth Games and for Great Britain in a number of competitions. In December 2004 she won the European Cross Country Championship in

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. In December 2009 she won the European Cross Country Championship in

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after coming out of retirement from competitive running. She followed this up a month later by coming fourth in the 2010 International Edinburgh Cross Country, fourteen seconds after winner

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over the freezing 5.8 kilometre course.

Career highlights

;British National Championships :2002 - 1st, 5,000 m :2003 - 1st, 10,000 m :2003 - 1st, 5,000 m :2006 - 1st, 5,000 m ;Other competitions :2004 - 1st,

European Cross Country Championships The European Cross Country Championships is an annual international cross country running competition. Organised by the European Athletic Association, it is the area championships for the region and is held in December each year. The championships ...

:2007 - 1st,

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:2008 - 1st,

Belfast International Cross Country The Antrim International Cross Country, formerly the Belfast International Cross Country, is an annual cross country running meeting which takes place every January in Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is one of the IAAF's cross country permit meet ...

:2009 - 1st,

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* * * Living people 1974 births English female long-distance runners British female long-distance runners English female middle-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain Sportspeople from Dorchester, Dorset European Cross Country Championships winners AAA Championships winners {{England-athletics-bio-stub