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Jill Slattery
Jill Slattery in 1966
Personal information
Born (1945-05-25) 25 May 1945 (age 80)
Sheffield, England
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Event
Breaststroke
ClubAttercliffe Swimming Club
Sheffield City Swimming Club
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Utrecht 200 m breaststroke
Representing  England
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1966 Kingston 220 yd breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 1966 Kingston 110 yd breaststroke

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

Biography

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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 appearabnce 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

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  1. ^ Jill Slattery Archived 2012-11-13 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ a b "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 from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  7. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  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.
  10. ^ "From Our Swimming Correspondent. "Meagre Swimming Team For Tokyo." Times, 24 Aug. 1964, p. 3". Times Digital Archive.
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