# Amanda James

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{{short description|British swimmer}}
{{use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}
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| full_name      = Amanda Elizabeth James
| nicknames      = Mandy
| nationality    = British
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1960|10|25|df=yes}}
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| height         = 169 cm
| weight         = 54 kg
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'''Amanda Elizabeth "Mandy" James''' (born 25 October 1960) is a British former [swimmer](/source/Swimming_(sport)). James competed in the [women's 100 metre backstroke](/source/Swimming_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_100_metre_backstroke) at the [1976 Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/British_Swimming_Championships_-_100_metres_backstroke_winners) 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>

==References==
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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}}

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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

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