Diana Harris
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| Full name | Diana Adrienne Harris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 August 1948 London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Beckenham Ladies SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Diana Adrienne Harris (born 14 August 1948), also known by her married name Diana Mantoura, is a retired English international swimmer.
Swimming career[]
She represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games and European championships, and swam for England in the Commonwealth Games. She won a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships.[1] She competed in breaststroke events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the finals.[2]
She represented England at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica and won double gold in the 110 yards breaststroke and the 440 yards medley relay.[3] A second Commonwealth Games appearance came when she represented England in the breaststroke events, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[4][5]
She won the 100-metre breaststroke event at the 1967 Summer Universiade.[2] At the ASA National British Championships she won the 110 yards breaststroke title in 1965, 1966 and 1968.[6][7]
References[]
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- ^ Diana HARRIS. les-sports.info
- ^ a b Diana Harris. sports-reference.com
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
- ^ "FROM A SWIMMING CORRESPONDENT. "Stimulus For Swimmers." Times, 16 Aug. 1965, p. 2". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "STILL, ATHOLE. "Scots' record falls to Jarvis." Times, 10 Aug. 1968, p. 6". Times Digital Archive.
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- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
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