Nicola Jackson
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Nicola Clare Jackson (born 19 February 1984) is a female British former competitive swimmer who won two world championships in relay events.
Swimming career
In 1999, Jackson won a silver medal at the World Short Course Championships in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. The next year, at the 2000 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), she won a bronze medal in the 50-metre butterfly, and a gold medal as part of Great Britain's world-record-breaking 4×200-metre freestyle relay team. Jackson swam in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, as a member of Great Britain's 4×200-metre freestyle relay team, which finished in sixth place. In 2001, she won her only international medal in a long course championship, in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships.
At the ASA National British Championships she won the 50 metres butterfly title in 1999.
Jackson studied at Durham University (Collingwood College). She is the sister of British swimmer Joanne Jackson.