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Full name | Jessica Sylvester | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
Born | Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom | 9 July 1987||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
Club | Nova Centurion SC, Nottingham | ||||||||||||||
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