Jeanette Barker
Personal information
Birth nameJeanette Mary Laws
Born1933 or 1934 (age 90–91)
SpousePeter Stanley Barker
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportDiving
Achievements and titles
National finalsDiving champion (1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956)
Tower diving champion (1954, 1955)

Jeanette Mary Barker (née Laws, born 1933 or 1934) is a New Zealand diver who represented her country at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. In more recent years she has competed in international masters swimming and diving championships.

Early life and diving career

Born Jeanette Mary Laws, Barker was born in about 1933,[1] and educated at Napier Girls' High School.[2] She started diving when she was at intermediate school, and competed in both swimming and diving until she was 15 years old, when she decided to concentrate on the latter.[3] After she left school, Laws spent two years living in Auckland and Dunedin where she received specialist diving coaching, while working in accounting.[3]

Representing Hawke's Bay, Laws went on to win the New Zealand national women's diving championship five times—in 1951 and then in four consecutive years from 1953 to 1956—as well as the national women's tower diving title in 1954 and 1955.[4] At the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Laws finished fifth in the women's 3 m springboard, and fourth in the women's 10 m platform diving events.[5][6]

Later life

Later in the 1950s, Laws retired from diving to marry Peter Barker and raise a family.[3][7] She ran her own swimming school for eight years, and returned to competitive swimming and diving in the 1980s, competing at six FINA World Masters Championships.[3]

FINA World Masters Championships results for Jeanette Barker
Year Meet Location Age group Event Rank
1986 1st FINA World Masters Championships[8] Tokyo 50–54 years Women's 50 m freestyle 13
Women's 400 m freestyle 18
Women's 50 m breaststroke 13
Women's 100 m breaststroke 9
Women's 200 m breaststroke 8
1988 2nd FINA World Masters Championships[9][10] Brisbane 50–54 years Women's 50 m breaststroke 21
Women's 100 m breaststroke 17
50–59 years Women's 1 m springboard 4
Women's 3 m springboard 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women's platform 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1990 3rd FINA World Masters Championships[11][12] Rio de Janeiro 55–59 years Women's 50 m breaststroke 21
Women's 100 m breaststroke 6
Women's 200 m breaststroke 7
Women's 1 m springboard 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women's 3 m springboard 1st place, gold medalist(s)
50–59 years Women's platform 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1998 7th FINA World Masters Championships[13][14] Casablanca 65–69 years Women's 50 m breaststroke 6
Women's 100 m breaststroke 6
Women's 1 m springboard 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women's 3 m springboard 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women's platform 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2002 9th FINA World Masters Championships[15][16] Christchurch 65–69 years Women's 100 m freestyle 23
Women's 200 m freestyle 11
Women's 50 m breaststroke 12
Women's 100 m breaststroke 11
Women's 200 m breaststroke 8
Women's 1 m springboard 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women's 3 m springboard 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2004 10th FINA World Masters Championships[17][18] Riccione 70–74 years Women's 100 m freestyle 10
Women's 50 m breaststroke 12
Women's 200 m breaststroke 6
Women's 1 m springboard 4
Women's 3 m springboard 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women's tower 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ Hurndell, Shane (9 January 2006). "Fall doesn't spoil 72 year-old Jeanette's triathlon". Hawke's Bay Today. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Swimming titles". Gisborne Herald. 3 March 1947. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d Brooker, Michelle (Spring 2018). "Diving in at the deep end". Summerset Scene. pp. 8–11. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  4. ^ McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Swimming – national championships". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Wellington: Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Jeannette Laws". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  6. ^ Jeannette Barker at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
  7. ^ "28th movable conference of the Manchester Unity (I.O.O.F)". Hawke's Bay Photo News. June 1959. p. 38. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  8. ^ "I FINA World Masters Championships – Tokyo JPN – July 12–16 1986: swimming results – women" (PDF). FINA. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  9. ^ "II FINA World Masters Championships – Brisbane AUS – Oct 10–15 1988: swimming results – women" (PDF). FINA. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  10. ^ "II FINA World Masters Championships – Brisbane AUS – Oct 10–15 1988: diving results" (PDF). FINA. 14 November 2006. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  11. ^ "III FINA World Masters Championships – Rio de Janeiro BRA – Aug 6–13 1990: swimming results – women" (PDF). FINA. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  12. ^ "III FINA World Masters Championships – Rio de Janeiro BRA – Aug 6–13 1990: diving results" (PDF). FINA. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  13. ^ "VII FINA World Masters Championships – Casablanca MOR – June 19–30 1998: swimming results – women" (PDF). FINA. 29 May 2006. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  14. ^ "VII FINA World Masters Championships – Casablanca MOR – June 19–30 1998: diving results" (PDF). FINA. 29 May 2006. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  15. ^ "IX FINA World Masters Championships – Christchurch NZL – Mar 21 – Apr 3, 2002: swimming results – women" (PDF). FINA. 10 January 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  16. ^ "IX FINA World Masters Championships – Christchurch NZL – Mar 21 – Apr 3, 2002: diving results" (PDF). FINA. 14 August 2006. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  17. ^ "X FINA World Masters Championships – Riccione ITA – June 1–13, 2004: swimming results – women" (PDF). FINA. 10 January 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  18. ^ "X FINA World Masters Championships – Riccione ITA – June 1–13, 2004: diving results" (PDF). FINA. 15 January 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
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