Jaime King (swimmer)

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Jaime King
Personal information
Full nameJaime Anne King
National teamFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Born (1976-12-18) 18 December 1976 (age 47)
Swindon, England
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb; 8.7 st)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
ClubThamesdown Tigersharks
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Great Britain
European Championships (LC)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1993 Sheffield 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Seville 4×100 m medley
European Championships (SC)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Sheffield 50 m breaststroke
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur medley relay

Jaime Anne King (born 18 December 1976) is a female English former competitive swimmer.

Swimming career

King represented Great Britain at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. [1]

She is best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1997 European Championships (long course) in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay, alongside Sarah Price, Caroline Foot and Karen Pickering. She represented England and won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres medley relay event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [2] [3] [4]

At the ASA National British Championships she won the 50 metres breaststroke in 1998, the 100 metres breaststroke title four times (1993, 1998, 2001, 2003) and the 200 metres breaststroke title three times (2001, 2002, 2003). [5] [6] [7]

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References

  1. "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  3. "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  4. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. ""For the Record." Times, 10 July 1998, p. 49". The Times. London. 10 July 1998. p. 49.
  6. ""For the Record." Times, 14 June 1993, p. 24". The Times. London: Times Digital Archive. 14 June 1993. p. 24.
  7. ""For the Record." Times, 13 July 1998, p. 39". The Times. London. 13 July 1998. p. 39.