Jill Slattery
{{Short description|British swimmer (born 1945)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|5|25|df=y}}
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|birth_place=Sheffield, UK
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| height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|68|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| sport=Swimming
| club =Attercliffe Swimming Club
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{{MedalCountry | {{UK}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalBronze| 1966 Utrecht | 200 m breaststroke}}
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{{MedalCompetition|British Empire and Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold| 1966 Kingston | 220 yd breaststroke}}
{{MedalSilver| 1966 Kingston | 110 yd breaststroke}}
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Gillian "Jill" Slattery (born 25 May 1945) is a female retired British swimmer.
Swimming career
Slattery won a bronze medal in the 200 metres breaststroke at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships. She competed in the same event at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics and finished fifth in 1964.
At the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games she won a gold and a silver medal in the 220 yards and 110 yards breaststroke, respectively.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/54067|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}} At the ASA National British Championships she won the 110 yards breaststroke title in 1964 and the 220 yards breaststroke title in 1967 and 1968.{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS202206478/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=5f53932d|title="Four new caps." Times, 14 Aug. 1967, p. 12|website=Times Digital Archive}}{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS50554648/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=15c913a9|title=From Our Swimming Correspondent. "Meagre Swimming Team For Tokyo." Times, 24 Aug. 1964, p. 3|website=Times Digital Archive}}
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{{Footer Commonwealth Champions 200m Breaststroke Women}}
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Category:Swimmers from Sheffield
Category:Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
Category:British female breaststroke swimmers
Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:English female breaststroke swimmers
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Swimmers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:20th-century English sportswomen
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