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Joanne Deakins

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Joanne Deakins
Personal information
Full nameJoanne Cara Deakins
National team Great Britain
Born (1972-11-20) 20 November 1972 (age 51)
Worcester, England
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb; 9.8 st)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
ClubCity of Coventry
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Great Britain
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Fukuoka 200 m backstroke
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1990 Auckland 4×100 m medley

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

Swimming career

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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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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

References

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