Jeanette Laws Explained

Jeanette Barker
Birth Name:Jeanette Mary Laws
Spouse:Peter Stanley Barker
Country:New Zealand
Sport:Diving
Nationals:Diving champion (1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956)
Tower diving champion (1954, 1955)

Jeanette Mary Barker (née Laws, born) 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]

Later life

Later in the 1950s, Laws retired from diving to marry Peter Barker and raise a family.[3] [6] 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
YearMeetLocationAge groupEventRank
1986 1st FINA World Masters Championships[7] 50–54 years Women's 50 m freestyle align=center 13
Women's 400 m freestyle align=center 18
Women's 50 m breaststroke align=center 13
Women's 100 m breaststroke align=center 9
Women's 200 m breaststroke align=center 8
1988 2nd FINA World Masters Championships[8] [9] 50–54 years Women's 50 m breaststroke align=center 21
Women's 100 m breaststroke align=center 17
50–59 years Women's 1 m springboard align=center 4
Women's 3 m springboard align=center
Women's platform align=center
1990 3rd FINA World Masters Championships[10] [11] 55–59 years Women's 50 m breaststroke align=center 21
Women's 100 m breaststroke align=center 6
Women's 200 m breaststroke align=center 7
Women's 1 m springboard align=center
Women's 3 m springboard align=center
50–59 years Women's platform align=center
1998 7th FINA World Masters Championships[12] [13] 65–69 years Women's 50 m breaststroke align=center 6
Women's 100 m breaststroke align=center 6
Women's 1 m springboard align=center
Women's 3 m springboard align=center
Women's platform align=center
2002 9th FINA World Masters Championships[14] [15] 65–69 years Women's 100 m freestyle align=center 23
Women's 200 m freestyle align=center 11
Women's 50 m breaststroke align=center 12
Women's 100 m breaststroke align=center 11
Women's 200 m breaststroke align=center 8
Women's 1 m springboard align=center
Women's 3 m springboard align=center
200410th FINA World Masters Championships[16] [17] 70–74 years Women's 100 m freestyle align=center 10
Women's 50 m breaststroke align=center 12
Women's 200 m breaststroke align=center 6
Women's 1 m springboard align=center 4
Women's 3 m springboard align=center
Women's tower align=center

Notes and References

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

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