Jill Slattery

Jill Slattery
Jill Slattery in 1966
Personal information
Born (1945-05-25) 25 May 1945 (age 79)
Sheffield, UK
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubAttercliffe Swimming Club
Medal record
Representing  United Kingdom
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.

Swimming career

Slattery won a bronze medal in the 200 metres breaststroke at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships.[1] She competed in the same event at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics and finished fifth in 1964.[2]

At the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games she won a gold and a silver medal in the 220 yards and 110 yards breaststroke, respectively.[3] 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.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Jill SLATTERY. les-sports.info
  2. ^ Jill Slattery Archived 2012-11-13 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  3. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. ^ ""Four new caps." Times, 14 Aug. 1967, p. 12". Times Digital Archive.
  5. ^ "From Our Swimming Correspondent. "Meagre Swimming Team For Tokyo." Times, 24 Aug. 1964, p. 3". Times Digital Archive.


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