Jared Deacon

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Jared Deacon
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1975-10-15) 15 October 1975 (age 50)
South Shields, Tyne and Wear
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event
400m
ClubSouth Shields Harriers
Medal record
Athletics
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4 × 400 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Manchester 4 × 400 m
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2003 Birmingham 4 × 400 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Munich 4 × 400 m relay

Jared Mark Deacon (born 15 October 1975) is a male British former sprint athlete who specialised in the 400 metres. He was born in South Shields and competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. [1]

Biography

He was a regular feature in the international British 4 × 400 metres relay team, competing at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics, the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships and was also a three-time relay medallist at the Summer Universiade from 1995 to 1999. [2]

He represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [3] The other team members consisted of Solomon Wariso, Mark Richardson, Paul Slythe, Sean Baldock and Mark Hylton. [4]

He was a relay gold medallist for Great Britain at the 2002 European Athletics Championships and for England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. [5]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jared Deacon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  2. World Student Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-21.
  3. "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  4. "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  5. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.