Jean Jeavons

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Jean Jeavons
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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
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly
ClubSudbury District Swimming Club

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

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Early life

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

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

She now lives in Dedham, Essex.

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References

  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.
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