Jean Jeavons
| 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.
Early life
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]She now lives in Dedham, Essex.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Grantham Journal Friday 25 July 1969, page 13
- ^ Grantham Journal Friday 17 October 1969, page 19
- ^ Grantham Journal Friday 24 October 1969, page 16
- ^ Grantham Journal Friday 7 November 1969, page 18
- ^ Leicester Mercury Wednesday 28 April 1971, page 19
- ^ Grantham Journal Friday 29 October 1971, page 6
- ^ Leicester Mercury Wednesday 23 February 1972, page 28
- ^ Leicester Mercury Saturday 1 July 1972, page 20
- ^ Leicester Mercury Saturday 1 April 1972, page 15
- ^ Leicester Mercury Monday 10 July 1972, page 7
- ^ Leicester Chronicle Friday 18 August 1972, page 11
- ^ "Melton Swimming Club History". Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ "Great Britain Swimming at the 1972 München Summer Games". Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ "Women's 100 metres Butterfly". Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ^ "Women's 200 metres Butterfly". Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ^ "Women's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay". Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ^ "Women's 200 metres Butterfly Round One". Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ^ Leicester Mercury Monday 4 September 1972, page 32
- ^ Leicester Mercury Monday 17 July 1972, page 17
- ^ "1974 Games". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Fox, Norman. "Swimming." Times, 9 Aug. 1971, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Fox, Norman. "ASA seek to add 13 to team for Munich." Times, 17 July 1972, p. 8". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Fox, Norman. "Britain narrowing the gap." Times, 15 July 1972, p. 5". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Fox, Norman. "Swimming." Times, 4 Aug. 1973, p. 10". Times Digital Archive.
External links
[edit]- 1956 births
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- English female butterfly swimmers
- British female butterfly swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- People from Dedham, Essex
- People from South Kesteven District
- People from the Borough of Melton
- Sportspeople from Leicestershire
- Sportspeople from Lincolnshire
- Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Living people
- 20th-century English women
- 21st-century English women