| 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.
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]
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]
She now lives in Dedham, Essex.