Julia Beckett
Julia Kathleen Beckett (born 4 July 1986) is an English competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain in the Olympics and FINA world championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games.
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Full name | Julia Kathleen Beckett | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Winchester, England | 4 July 1986||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9.9 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Winchester Penguins | ||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Loughborough University | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Beckett was born in Winchester, Hampshire, England, and attended Loughborough University.
At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, she earned a silver medal as part of the runner-up English team in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay, together with teammates Joanne Jackson, Kate Richardson and Melanie Marshall.
Competing for Great Britain in the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships in Manchester, Beckett won a bronze medal as a member of the third-place British women's team in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay. At the 2008 Summer Olympics hosted by Beijing, China, she swam for the British team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay.