Jill Slattery

Gillian "Jill" Slattery (born 25 May 1945) is a female retired British swimmer.

Jill Slattery
Jill Slattery in 1966
Personal information
Born (1945-05-25) 25 May 1945
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

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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