Julia Kathleen Beckett (born 4 July 1986) is an English competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain in the Olympics and FINA world championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games.
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Full name | Julia Kathleen Beckett | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Winchester, England | 4 July 1986|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9.9 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Winchester Penguins | |||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Loughborough University | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Beckett was born in Winchester, Hampshire, England, and attended Loughborough University.
At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, she earned a silver medal as part of the runner-up English team in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay, together with teammates Joanne Jackson, Kate Richardson and Melanie Marshall.[1]
Competing for Great Britain in the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships in Manchester, Beckett won a bronze medal as a member of the third-place British women's team in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay. At the 2008 Summer Olympics hosted by Beijing, China, she swam for the British team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay.
References
edit- ^ "18th Commonwealth Games - Day 3: Swimming". www.gettyimages.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2024.