Jean Jeavons

Jean Anne Jeavons (born 22 May 1956) is a female English former competition swimmer.

Jean Jeavons
Personal information
Full nameJean Anne Jeavons
National teamUnited Kingdom
Born (1956-05-22) 22 May 1956
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
ClubSudbury District Swimming Club

Swimming career

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.

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]

References
  1. "Melton Swimming Club History". Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  2. "Great Britain Swimming at the 1972 München Summer Games". Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  3. "Women's 100 metres Butterfly". Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  4. "Women's 200 metres Butterfly". Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  5. "Women's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay". Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  6. "Women's 200 metres Butterfly Round One". Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  7. "1974 Games". Team England.
  8. "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
  9. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  10. "Fox, Norman. "Swimming." Times, 9 Aug. 1971, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
  11. "Fox, Norman. "ASA seek to add 13 to team for Munich." Times, 17 July 1972, p. 8". Times Digital Archive.
  12. "Fox, Norman. "Britain narrowing the gap." Times, 15 July 1972, p. 5". Times Digital Archive.
  13. "Fox, Norman. "Swimming." Times, 4 Aug. 1973, p. 10". Times Digital Archive.
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