Jean Jeavons

{{Short description|English swimmer (born 1956)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Jean Jeavons | image =  | image_size =  | alt = | caption = | fullname = Jean Anne Jeavons | nicknames = | national_team = United Kingdom | strokes = Butterfly | club = Sudbury District Swimming Club | coach = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|5|22|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.67|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|57|kg|lb st|abbr=on}} | medaltemplates = }}

'''Jean Anne Jeavons''' (born 22 May 1956) is a female English former competition swimmer.

==Early life== She swam in the Grantham swimming gala,<ref>''Grantham Journal'' Friday 25 July 1969, page 13</ref> and lived in Gunby, South Kesteven in 1969, by 1969 she was winning national championships.<ref>''Grantham Journal'' Friday 17 October 1969, page 19</ref> She attended the Charles Read School.<ref>''Grantham Journal'' Friday 24 October 1969, page 16</ref> She could not compete for Leicestershire as she lived in Gunby,<ref>''Grantham Journal'' Friday 7 November 1969, page 18</ref> so by early 1970 her family moved to Buckminster in Leicestershire. By 1970 she attended Melton Upper School.<ref>''Leicester Mercury'' Wednesday 28 April 1971, page 19</ref>

She trained at pools in Melton (mostly) and Grantham and Leicester.<ref>''Grantham Journal'' Friday 29 October 1971, page 6</ref> In early 1972, Melton pool closed for repairs, so most training was at Grantham, four mornings a week; other pools had closed for power cuts.<ref>''Leicester Mercury'' Wednesday 23 February 1972, page 28</ref><ref>''Leicester Mercury'' Saturday 1 July 1972, page 20</ref> Buckminster wanted to raise £500 for her expenses.<ref>''Leicester Mercury'' Saturday 1 April 1972, page 15</ref> By July 1972 Buckminster and Sewstern had raised £700. Buckminster Trust Estate gave the fund £100.<ref>''Leicester Mercury'' Monday 10 July 1972, page 7</ref> In July 1972 she was selected for Olympics, under coach Hammie Bland.<ref>''Leicester Chronicle'' Friday 18 August 1972, page 11</ref>

==Swimming career== Jeavons swam the Butterfly Stroke for Great Britain and the Melton Mowbray Swimming Club <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meltonswimclub.co.uk/page/swimming-club-history/21/ |title=Melton Swimming Club History |accessdate=27 May 2012}}</ref> where she became the county champion and broke the county record which remains to this day.{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}}

She represented Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/summer/1972/SWI/ |title=Great Britain Swimming at the 1972 München Summer Games |accessdate=27 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130185007/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/summer/1972/SWI/ |archivedate=30 January 2012 }}</ref> competing in the women's 100- and 200-metre butterfly, and 4×100-metre medley relay, and came 20th,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/SWI/womens-100-metres-butterfly.html |title=Women's 100 metres Butterfly |accessdate=28 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720065934/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/SWI/womens-100-metres-butterfly.html |archivedate=20 July 2012 }}</ref> 9th,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/SWI/womens-200-metres-butterfly.html |title=Women's 200 metres Butterfly |accessdate=28 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217010848/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/SWI/womens-200-metres-butterfly.html |archivedate=17 February 2011 }}</ref> and 10th,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/SWI/womens-4-x-100-metres-medley-relay.html |title=Women's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay |accessdate=28 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605053919/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/SWI/womens-4-x-100-metres-medley-relay.html |archivedate= 5 June 2012 }}</ref> respectively, missing out on a place in the 200-metre final by a single place and less than a second.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/SWI/womens-200-metres-butterfly-round-one.html |title=Women's 200 metres Butterfly Round One |accessdate=28 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108071251/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/SWI/womens-200-metres-butterfly-round-one.html |archivedate= 8 November 2012 }}</ref> On 4 September 1972, she took part in the 4 x 100 relay with Pamela Bairstow, Dorothy Harrison and Lesley Allardice who set a British record, but never reached the final.<ref>''Leicester Mercury'' Monday 4 September 1972, page 32</ref><ref>''Leicester Mercury'' Monday 17 July 1972, page 17</ref>

She represented England in the 100 and 200 metres butterfly events, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/christchurch-1974|title=1974 Games|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/christchurch-1974/athletes|title=Athletes, 1974 England team|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/53773|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=2 September 2019|archive-date=2 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902155949/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/53773|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the ASA National British Championships she won the 100 metres butterfly title in 1971 and 1972 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS152007945/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=d01f6b5c|title=Fox, Norman. "Swimming." Times, 9 Aug. 1971, p. 9|website=Times Digital Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS136148721/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=5a55205e|title=Fox, Norman. "ASA seek to add 13 to team for Munich." Times, 17 July 1972, p. 8|website=Times Digital Archive}}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> and the 200 metres butterfly title in 1972 and 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS84637423/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=a8e87972|title=Fox, Norman. "Britain narrowing the gap." Times, 15 July 1972, p. 5|website=Times Digital Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS168261892/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=b7a4ff6d|title=Fox, Norman. "Swimming." Times, 4 Aug. 1973, p. 10|website=Times Digital Archive}}</ref>

==Personal life== She now lives in Dedham, Essex.

==See also== * Sport in Leicester

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [http://www.meltonswimclub.co.uk/ Melton Mowbray Swimming Club]

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