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Jane Mayes

Jane Mayes

Danish-British handball player (born 1989)


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]

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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 potential handball Olympians and lost 6 stone to make the team.[1]

2012 Olympics

She competed for Team GB in Women's Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.


References

  1. "Jane Mayes - Team GB - London 2012 Olympics - Telegraph". The Telegraph. 24 July 2012. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  2. "Jane Mayes Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  3. "Jane Mayes". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  4. "Jane Mayes - Olympics Official". Olympic.org. Olympics.
  5. "Handball set to flourish in Britain after Olympics". European Handball Federation. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

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