Amanda James

{{short description|British swimmer}} {{use dmy dates|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox swimmer | image = | caption = | full_name = Amanda Elizabeth James | nicknames = Mandy | nationality = British | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|10|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = | height = 169 cm | weight = 54 kg | strokes = | club = | collegeteam = }}

'''Amanda Elizabeth "Mandy" James''' (born 25 October 1960) is a British former swimmer. James competed in the women's 100 metre backstroke at the 1976 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/amanda-james-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040503/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/amanda-james-1.html |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Amanda James |access-date=18 December 2016}}</ref> At the ASA National British Championships she won the 100 metres backstroke title twice (1976 and 1978).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS135102234/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=7a2deaa1 |title="Evening of doubt turns into one of triumph." Times, 26 Aug. 1976, p. 8 |website=Times Digital Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS369459899/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=c29639fc |title=Hennessy, John. "Swimming." Times, 27 May 1978, p. 22 |website=Times Digital Archive}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{World Aquatics|1144835/mandy-james|Mandy James}} * {{Team GB|mandy-james/40sDxqpZSAwCmOB3aSG3Bs|Mandy James}} * {{Olympedia|name=Mandy James}} * {{CGF profile|name=Amanda James}} * {{Olympics.com|amanda-elizabeth-james|Amanda Elizabeth James}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:James, Amanda}} Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:British female backstroke swimmers Category:Welsh female backstroke swimmers Category:Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Category:Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Category:Commonwealth Games swimmers for Wales Category:Swimmers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Sportspeople from Cardiff