Jared Deacon

Jared Mark Deacon (born 15 October 1975) is a male British former sprint athlete who specialised in the 400 metres. He was born in South Shields and competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Jared Deacon

Personal information
Nationality	English
Born	(1975-10-15) 15 October 1975 (age 49) South Shields, Tyne and Wear
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Medal record Athletics Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4 × 400 m 2002 Manchester 4 × 400 m Representing  Great Britain World Indoor Championships 2003 Birmingham 4 × 400 m relay European Championships 2002 Munich 4 × 400 m relay

Athletics career

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.^[2]

He represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[3] The other team members consisted of Solomon Wariso, Mark Richardson, Paul Slythe, Sean Baldock and Mark Hylton.^[4]

He was a relay gold medallist for Great Britain at the 2002 European Athletics Championships and for England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.^[5]