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Full name | Nicola Clare Jackson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Northallerton, England | 19 February 1984||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb; 8.2 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Derwentside ASC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nicola Jackson (born 19 February 1984)[2] is a British former competitive swimmer who won two world championships in relay events.
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.[3] 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.[1] 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.[4]
At the ASA National British Championships she won the 50 metres butterfly title in 1999.[5]
Jackson studied at Durham University (Collingwood College).[6] She is the sister of British swimmer Joanne Jackson.