Jared Deacon
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born (1975-10-15) 15 October 1975
South Shields, Tyne and Wear
Sport
SportAthletics
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4x400m
Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester 4x400m
Representing  Great Britain
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2003 Birmingham 4x400 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Munich 4x400 m relay

Jared Mark Deacon (born 15 October 1975) is a male British former sprint athlete who specialised in the 400 metres. He was born in South Shields and competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]

Athletics career

He was a regular feature in the international British 4×400 metres relay team, competing at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics, the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships and was also a three-time relay medallist at the Summer Universiade from 1995 to 1999.[2]

He represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3] The other team members consisted of Solomon Wariso, Mark Richardson, Paul Slythe, Sean Baldock and Mark Hylton.[4]

He was a relay gold medallist for Great Britain at the 2002 European Athletics Championships and for England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jared Deacon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  2. ↑ World Student Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-21.
  3. ↑ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ↑ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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