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