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Jean Jeavons

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Jean Jeavons
Personal information
Full nameJean Anne Jeavons
National teamUnited Kingdom
Born (1956-05-22) 22 May 1956 (age 68)
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
ClubSudbury District Swimming Club

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

Early life

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She swam in the Grantham swimming gala,[1] and lived in Gunby, South Kesteven in 1969, by 1969 she was winning national championships.[2] She attended the Charles Read School.[3] She could not compete for Leicestershire as she lived in Gunby,[4] so by early 1970 her family moved to Buckminster in Leicestershire. By 1970 she attended Melton Upper School.[5]

She trained at pools in Melton (mostly) and Grantham and Leicester.[6] In early 1972, Melton pool closed for repairs, so most training was at Grantham, four mornings a week; other pools had closed for power cuts.[7][8] Buckminster wanted to raise £500 for her expenses.[9] By July 1972 Buckminster and Sewstern had raised £700. Buckminster Trust Estate gave the fund £100.[10]In July 1972 she was selected for Olympics, under coach Hammie Bland.[11]

Swimming career

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Jeavons swam the Butterfly Stroke for Great Britain and the Melton Mowbray Swimming Club [12] 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 [13] competing in the women's 100- and 200-metre butterfly, and 4×100-metre medley relay, and came 20th,[14] 9th,[15] and 10th,[16] respectively, missing out on a place in the 200-metre final by a single place and less than a second.[17] On 4 September 1972, she took part in the 4 x 100 relay with Pamela Bairstow, Dorothy Harrison and Lesley Allardice who set a British record, but never reached the final.[18][19]

She represented England in the 100 and 200 metres butterfly events, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.[20][21][22] At the ASA National British Championships she won the 100 metres butterfly title in 1971 and 1972 [23][24] and the 200 metres butterfly title in 1972 and 1973.[25][26]

Personal life

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She now lives in Dedham, Essex.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Grantham Journal Friday 25 July 1969, page 13
  2. ^ Grantham Journal Friday 17 October 1969, page 19
  3. ^ Grantham Journal Friday 24 October 1969, page 16
  4. ^ Grantham Journal Friday 7 November 1969, page 18
  5. ^ Leicester Mercury Wednesday 28 April 1971, page 19
  6. ^ Grantham Journal Friday 29 October 1971, page 6
  7. ^ Leicester Mercury Wednesday 23 February 1972, page 28
  8. ^ Leicester Mercury Saturday 1 July 1972, page 20
  9. ^ Leicester Mercury Saturday 1 April 1972, page 15
  10. ^ Leicester Mercury Monday 10 July 1972, page 7
  11. ^ Leicester Chronicle Friday 18 August 1972, page 11
  12. ^ "Melton Swimming Club History". Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  13. ^ "Great Britain Swimming at the 1972 München Summer Games". Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  14. ^ "Women's 100 metres Butterfly". Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  15. ^ "Women's 200 metres Butterfly". Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  16. ^ "Women's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay". Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  17. ^ "Women's 200 metres Butterfly Round One". Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  18. ^ Leicester Mercury Monday 4 September 1972, page 32
  19. ^ Leicester Mercury Monday 17 July 1972, page 17
  20. ^ "1974 Games". Team England.
  21. ^ "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
  22. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  23. ^ "Fox, Norman. "Swimming." Times, 9 Aug. 1971, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
  24. ^ "Fox, Norman. "ASA seek to add 13 to team for Munich." Times, 17 July 1972, p. 8". Times Digital Archive.
  25. ^ "Fox, Norman. "Britain narrowing the gap." Times, 15 July 1972, p. 5". Times Digital Archive.
  26. ^ "Fox, Norman. "Swimming." Times, 4 Aug. 1973, p. 10". Times Digital Archive.
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