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Helen Jameson

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Helen Jameson
Personal information
Full nameHelen Jameson
National teamGreat Britain
Born (1963-09-25) 25 September 1963 (age 61)
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1980 Moscow 4×100 m medley

Helen Jameson (born 25 September 1963) is an English former competitive swimmer.

Swimming career

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Jameson represented Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She was a member of the silver-medal-winning British women's team in the 4×100-metre medley relay, swimming the backstroke leg alongside teammates Margaret Kelly, Ann Osgerby and June Croft. She also competed in the individual 100-metre backstroke and 200-metre backstroke events.

Jameson represented England in the 100 and 200 metres backstroke, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[1][2] She also won the ASA National Championship 100 metres backstroke title in 1980 and 1981.[3][4]

Personal life

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She is the sister of Andy Jameson.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
  2. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  3. ^ Hennessy, John (27 May 1980). "Hennessy, John. "Swimming." Times, 27 May 1980, p. 11". The Times. p. 11.
  4. ^ Still, Athole (10 August 1981). "Still, Athole. "Swimming." Times, 10 Aug. 1981, p. 12". The Times. p. 12.
  5. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Helen Jameson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
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