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Christine Jarvis

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Christine Jarvis
Personal information
Full nameChristine Anne Jarvis
Born (1949-12-21) 21 December 1949 (age 74)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
College teamUniversity of Alabama[1]
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Edinburgh 100 m breaststroke

Christine Anne Jarvis (born 21 December 1949) is a British former international swimmer.

Swimming career

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She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.[2]

She represented England and won a bronze medal in the 100 metres breaststroke, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[3][4] Four years later she competed in the breaststroke events at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.[5]

At the ASA National British Championships she won the 100 metres breaststroke title in 1972 and 1973.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Alabama Swimming and Diving Legends Don Gambril and Christine Jarvis Earn CSCAA Centennial Honors". University of Alabama Athletics. 8 December 2021.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christine Jarvis Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  3. ^ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ^ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
  5. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ^ "Fox, Norman. "ASA seek to add 13 to team for Munich." Times, 17 July 1972, p. 8". Times Digital Archive.
  7. ^ "Fox, Norman. "Swimming." Times, 6 Aug. 1973, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
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