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Jacquelene Willmott

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Jacquelene Willmott
Personal information
Full nameJacquelene Willmott
NicknameJackie
NationalityBritish
Born (1965-03-19) 19 March 1965 (age 59)
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  United Kingdom
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1982 Guayaquil 800 m freestyle
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Split 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Split 800 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
Representing  England
Gold medal – first place 1982 Brisbane 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1982 Brisbane 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Brisbane 800 m freestyle

Jacquelene "Jackie" Willmott (born 19 March 1965) is a retired British swimmer.

Swimming career

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She won three medals in the 400 m and 800 m freestyle at the 1981 European Aquatics Championships and 1982 World Aquatics Championships.[1] She competed in five events at the 1980 Summer Olympics with the best achievement of fourth place in the 4×100 metres freestyle relay.[2] She represented England and won a gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres freestyle relay, a silver medal in the 400 metres freestyle and a bronze medal in the 800 metres freestyle, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[3][4]

She won the 1980 ASA National Championship title in the 200 metres freestyle,[5] the 1980, 1981 and 1983 400 metres freestyle title [6][7] and four consecutive 800 metres freestyle championships.[8][9][10][11]

Personal life

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She is the sister of Olympians Stuart Willmott and Carrie Willmott, and the aunt of Olympian Aimee Willmott.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Jackie WILLMOTT. sportuitslagen.org
  2. ^ a b Jacquelene Willmott Archived 2012-12-16 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  3. ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. ^ "Hennessy, John. "Swimming." Times, 27 May 1980, p. 11". Times Digital Archive.
  6. ^ "Hennessy, John. "Swimming." Times, 24 May 1980, p. 17". Times Digital Archive.
  7. ^ "Still, Athole. "Swimming." Times, 7 Aug. 1981, p. 14". Times Digital Archive.
  8. ^ "Hennessy, John. "Swimming." Times, 26 May 1980, p. 11". Times Digital Archive.
  9. ^ "Still, Athole. "Swimming." Times, 8 Aug. 1981, p. 15". Times Digital Archive.
  10. ^ "Still, Athole. "Swimming." Times, 21 Aug. 1982, p. 15". Times Digital Archive.
  11. ^ "Still, Athole. "Hubble in spurt to second title." Times, 23 July 1983, p. 15". Times Digital Archive.