Jared Deacon

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]

Jared Deacon

Personal information
Nationality	English
Born	(1975-10-15) 15 October 1975 South Shields, Tyne and Wear
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Medal record Athletics Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4x400m 2002 Manchester 4x400m Representing  Great Britain World Indoor Championships 2003 Birmingham 4x400 m relay European Championships 2002 Munich 4x400 m relay

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]

Personal life

In 2019 Deacon appeared on Catchpoint, a BBC One game show.[6]

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.
6. "Series 1, Episode 2". Catchpoint. 30 March 2019. BBC One.