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Joanne Deakins

Joanne Deakins

British swimmer (born 1972)

Joanne Cara Deakins (born 20 November 1972) is an English former competitive swimmer.[1]

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Swimming career

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.

International competitions

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References

  1. [1]
    "Joanne Deakins Bio and Stats". Sports reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. [2]
    "1990 Athletes". Team England.
  3. [3]
    "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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