Jared Mark Deacon (born 15 October 1975) is a male

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former sprint athlete who specialised in the

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. He was born in

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and competed in the

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Athletics career

He was a regular feature in the international British

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team, competing at the

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, the

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and was also a three-time relay medallist at the

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from 1995 to 1999. He represented

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and won a

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in the 4 x 400 metres relay event, at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay language, Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by sev ...

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. The other team members consisted of Solomon Wariso, Mark Richardson,

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and Mark Hylton. He was a relay gold medallist for Great Britain at the

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and for England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Deacon, Jared 1975 births Living people British male sprinters Olympic athletes of Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from South Shields English male sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for Great Britain Universiade bronze medalists for Great Britain World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade 20th-century British people Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games