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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1975-10-15) 15 October 1975 South Shields, Tyne and Wear | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | South Shields Harriers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
Biography
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 × 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
References
- 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.
- World Student Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-21.
- "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.