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| Full name | Joanne Cara Deakins | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 November 1972 Worcester, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb; 9.8 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | City of Coventry | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joanne Cara Deakins (born 20 November 1972) is an English former competitive swimmer. [1]
Deakins specialised in the backstroke and represented Great Britain at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona and the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
She represented England in the 100 metres and 200 metres backstroke and won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres medley relay, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. [2] Four years later she swam in the 200 metres backstroke event at the 1994 Commonwealth Games and repeated the achievement a further four years later in her third Games, which was the 1998 Commonwealth Games. [3] In addition to her Olympic and Commonwealth Games success she won the bronze medal in the 200 metres backstroke at the 1995 Universiade.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing Great Britain /  England | |||||
| 1990 | Commonwealth Games | Auckland, New Zealand | 4th | 100 m backstroke | 1:04.13 |
| 4th | 200 m backstroke | 2:14.74 | |||
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m medley | 4:11.88 | |||
| 1991 | European Championships | Athens, Greece | 5th | 200 m backstroke | 2:14.23 |
| 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 19th | 100 m backstroke | 1:04.38 |
| 10th | 200 m backstroke | 2:13.91 | |||
| 10th | 4 × 100 m medley | 4:16.51 | |||
| 1993 | European Championships | Sheffield, England | 8th | 200 m backstroke | 2:16.02 |
| 1994 | Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada | 9th | 200 m backstroke | 2:18.16 |
| 1995 | Universiade | Fukuoka, Japan | 3rd | 200 m backstroke | 2:15.82 |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 12th | 200 m backstroke | 2:14.50 |
| 1998 | Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 6th | 200 m backstroke | 2:15.03 |
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