Nicola Jackson
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Full name | Nicola Clare Jackson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1984-02-19) 19 February 1984 (age 40) Northallerton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb; 8.2 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Derwentside ASC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nicola Jackson (born 19 February 1984)[2] is a British former competitive swimmer who won two world championships in relay events.
Swimming career
In 1999, Jackson won a silver medal at the World Short Course Championships in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. The next year, at the 2000 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), she won a bronze medal in the 50-metre butterfly, and a gold medal as part of Great Britain's world-record-breaking 4×200-metre freestyle relay team.[3] Jackson swam in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, as a member of Great Britain's 4×200-metre freestyle relay team, which finished in sixth place.[1] In 2001, she won her only international medal in a long course championship, in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships.[4]
At the ASA National British Championships she won the 50 metres butterfly title in 1999.[5]
Jackson studied at Durham University (Collingwood College).[6] She is the sister of British swimmer Joanne Jackson.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Nicola Jackson Biography and Olympic Results". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
- ^ "British Olympic Association". Retrieved 5 January 2010.
- ^ "The Road to Athens- Nicola Jackson". Retrieved 5 January 2010.
- ^ "History of FINA – Women's Events" (PDF). Retrieved 5 January 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 10 July 1999, p. 36". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Sport". Durham University Weblines (via Internet Wayback Machine). September 2001. Archived from the original on 25 December 2002. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
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- 1986: Manuela Stellmach, Astrid Strauss, Nadja Bergknecht, Heike Friedrich (GDR)
- 1991: Kerstin Kielgass, Manuela Stellmach, Dagmar Hase, Stephanie Ortwig (GER)
- 1994: Le Ying, Yang Aihua, Zhou Guanbin, Lü Bin (CHN)
- 1998: Franziska van Almsick, Dagmar Hase, Silvia Szalai, Kerstin Kielgass (GER)
- 2001: Nicola Jackson, Janine Belton, Karen Legg, Karen Pickering (GBR)
- 2003: Lindsay Benko, Rachel Komisarz, Rhi Jeffrey, Diana Munz (USA)
- 2005: Natalie Coughlin, Katie Hoff, Whitney Myers, Kaitlin Sandeno (USA)
- 2007: Natalie Coughlin, Dana Vollmer, Lacey Nymeyer, Katie Hoff (USA)
- 2009: Yang Yu, Zhu Qianwei, Liu Jing, Pang Jiaying (CHN)
- 2011: Missy Franklin, Dagny Knutson, Katie Hoff, Allison Schmitt (USA)
- 2013: Katie Ledecky, Shannon Vreeland, Karlee Bispo, Missy Franklin (USA)
- 2015: Missy Franklin, Leah Smith, Katie McLaughlin, Katie Ledecky (USA)
- 2017: Leah Smith, Mallory Comerford, Melanie Margalis, Katie Ledecky (USA)
- 2019: Ariarne Titmus, Madison Wilson, Brianna Throssell, Emma McKeon (AUS)
- 2022: Claire Weinstein, Leah Smith, Katie Ledecky, Bella Sims (USA)
- 2023: Mollie O'Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Brianna Throssell, Ariarne Titmus (AUS)
- 2024: Ai Yanhan, Gong Zhenqi, Li Bingjie, Yang Peiqi (CHN)