Jared Deacon
Olympic athlete
Intro | Olympic athlete | |
Places | United Kingdom | |
is | Athlete | |
Work field | Sports | |
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Birth | 15 October 1975, South Shields | |
Age | 49 years |
Jared Deacon (born 15 October 1975) is a British former sprint athlete who specialised in the 400 metres. He was born in South Shields and competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
He was a relay gold medallist for Great Britain at the 2002 European Athletics Championships and for England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. He also represented England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. 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.