Jacquelene Willmott
Personal information
Full nameJacquelene Willmott
NicknameJackie
NationalityBritish
Born (1965-03-19) 19 March 1965
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 place1982 Brisbane 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place1982 Brisbane 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place1982 Brisbane 800 m freestyle

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

Swimming career

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

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

See also

References

  1. Jackie WILLMOTT. sportuitslagen.org
  2. 1 2 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.
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