Diana Harris
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| Full name | Diana Adrienne Harris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 August 1948 London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Beckenham Ladies SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Diana Adrienne Harris (born 14 August 1948), also known by her married name Diana Mantoura, is a retired English international swimmer.
Swimming career
[edit]She represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games and European championships, and swam for England in the Commonwealth Games. She won a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships.[1] She competed in breaststroke events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the finals.[2]
She represented the England team[3] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica and won double gold in the 110 yards breaststroke and the 440 yards medley relay.[4] The four of Harris, Linda Ludgrove, Judy Gegan and Pauline Sillett set a world record in winning the 4 x 110 yards medley relay, with a time of 4 mins, 46 secs.[5]
A second Commonwealth Games appearance came when she represented England in the breaststroke events, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[6][7]
She won the 100-metre breaststroke event at the 1967 Summer Universiade.[2] At the ASA National British Championships she won the 110 yards breaststroke title in 1965, 1966 and 1968.[8][9]
References
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- ^ Diana HARRIS. les-sports.info
- ^ a b Diana Harris. sports-reference.com
- ^ "West girls in Empire games swim team". Western Daily Press. 20 June 1966. p. 10. Retrieved 13 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "England's Golden Girls Lift". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 9 August 1966. p. 31. Retrieved 10 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
- ^ "FROM A SWIMMING CORRESPONDENT. "Stimulus For Swimmers." Times, 16 Aug. 1965, p. 2". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "STILL, ATHOLE. "Scots' record falls to Jarvis." Times, 10 Aug. 1968, p. 6". Times Digital Archive.
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