Jill Slattery

Gillian "Jill" Slattery (born 25 May 1945) is a female retired British Swimmer who competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Biography

At the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Slattery particiated in the 200 metres breaststroke.^[2]

Slattery won a bronze medal in the 200 metres breaststroke at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships.^[3] She represented the England team^[4] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica,^[5] where she reached the finals of both of the breaststroke events^[6][7] and won a gold and silver medal respectively.^[8]

A second Olympic appearance ensued at the 1968 Olympics Games in Mexico.^[2]

At the ASA National British Championships she won the 110 yards breaststroke title in 1964 and the 220 yards breaststroke title in 1967 and 1968.^[9][10]

References

1. ^ Jill Slattery Archived 2012-11-13 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
2. ^ "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
3. ^ Jill SLATTERY. les-sports.info
4. ^ "West girls in Empire games swim team". Western Daily Press. 20 June 1966. p. 10. Retrieved 13 December 2025. – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. ^ "1966 Athletes". Team England. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
6. ^ "England Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived 2021-09-20 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
7. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
8. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Swimming and Diving (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
9. ^ ""Four new caps." Times, 14 Aug. 1967, p. 12". Times Digital Archive^{[dead link]}
10. ^ "From Our Swimming Correspondent. "Meagre Swimming Team For Tokyo." Times, 24 Aug. 1964, p. 3". Times Digital Archive^{[dead link]}