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Full name | Joanne Cara Deakins | |||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1972-11-20) 20 November 1972 (age 52) Worcester, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb; 9.8 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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. 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. 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
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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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
- "Joanne Deakins Bio and Stats". Sports reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- English female backstroke swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- Sportspeople from Worcester, England
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- British female backstroke swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade
- Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games