Personal information | |
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Full name | Jean Anne Jeavons |
National team | United Kingdom |
Born | 22 May 1956 |
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Butterfly |
Club | Sudbury District Swimming Club |
Jean Anne Jeavons (born 22 May 1956) is a female English former competition swimmer.
Jeavons swam the Butterfly Stroke for Great Britain and the Melton Mowbray Swimming Club [1] where she became the county champion and broke the county record which remains to this day.[ citation needed]
She represented Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich [2] competing in the women's 100- and 200-metre butterfly, and 4×100-metre medley relay, and came 20th, [3] 9th, [4] and 10th, [5] respectively, missing out on a place in the 200-metre final by a single place and less than a second. [6]
She represented England in the 100 and 200 metres butterfly events, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. [7] [8] [9] At the ASA National British Championships she won the 100 metres butterfly title in 1971 and 1972 [10] [11] and the 200 metres butterfly title in 1972 and 1973. [12] [13]
Personal information | |
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Full name | Jean Anne Jeavons |
National team | United Kingdom |
Born | 22 May 1956 |
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Butterfly |
Club | Sudbury District Swimming Club |
Jean Anne Jeavons (born 22 May 1956) is a female English former competition swimmer.
Jeavons swam the Butterfly Stroke for Great Britain and the Melton Mowbray Swimming Club [1] where she became the county champion and broke the county record which remains to this day.[ citation needed]
She represented Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich [2] competing in the women's 100- and 200-metre butterfly, and 4×100-metre medley relay, and came 20th, [3] 9th, [4] and 10th, [5] respectively, missing out on a place in the 200-metre final by a single place and less than a second. [6]
She represented England in the 100 and 200 metres butterfly events, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. [7] [8] [9] At the ASA National British Championships she won the 100 metres butterfly title in 1971 and 1972 [10] [11] and the 200 metres butterfly title in 1972 and 1973. [12] [13]