Christine Jarvis

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

Christine Jarvis
Personal information
Full nameChristine Anne Jarvis
Born (1949-12-21) 21 December 1949
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

Swimming career

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
  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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