Jared Deacon


Jared Mark Deacon is a male British former sprint athlete who specialised in the 400 metres. He was born in South Shields and competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Athletics career

He was a regular feature in the international British 4×400 metres relay team, competing at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics, the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships and was also a three-time relay medallist at the Summer Universiade from 1995 to 1999.
He represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The other team members consisted of Solomon Wariso, Mark Richardson, Paul Slythe, Sean Baldock and Mark Hylton.
He was a relay gold medallist for Great Britain at the 2002 European Athletics Championships and for England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

Personal life

In 2019 Deacon appeared on Catchpoint, a BBC One game show.