Jane Mayes Explained
| Jane Mayes |
| Birth Date: | 10 January 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Esbjerg, Denmark |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
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| Height: | 173cm (2012)[1] |
| Weight: | 83kg (2012) |
Jane Mayes (born 10 January 1989) is a Danish-British handball goalkeeper.[2] She plays for Team Esbjerg and the British national team, and competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[3] [4]
Early life
Mayes was born on 10 January 1989 in Esbjerg to Richard John Mayes and Pia Mayes.
Mayes has played handball since the age of six.
Her father, Richard John Mayes died of lung cancer in 1999.
In 2007, she broke into the British national team for handball.[5]
In 2010, she was selected by Team GB to be part of a pool of potentialhandball Olympians and lost 6 stone to make the team.
2012 Olympics
She competed for Team GB in Women's Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Notes and References
- Web site: Jane Mayes - Team GB - London 2012 Olympics - Telegraph. https://web.archive.org/web/20120729072436/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/Team-GB/competitors/9424282/Jane-Mayes-Team-GB-London-2012-Olympics.html. dead. 2012-07-29. 2019-08-27. The Telegraph. 2012-07-24.
- Web site: Jane Mayes Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040228/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/jane-mayes-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. en. 2017-10-30.
- Web site: Jane Mayes . Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games . 29 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130525002131/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/mayes-jane-1094428/ . 25 May 2013 .
- Web site: Jane Mayes - Olympics Official . Olympic.org . Olympics.
- Web site: Handball set to flourish in Britain after Olympics. 2012-03-21. 2019-08-27. European Handball Federation.
