Diana Adrienne Harris (born 14 August 1948), also known by her married name Diana Mantoura, is a retired English international swimmer.

Swimming career

She represented Great Britain in the

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and European championships, and swam for England in the

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. She won a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships. She competed in breaststroke events at the

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and

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, but failed to reach the finals. She represented

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at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica and won double

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in the 110 yards breaststroke and the 440 yards medley relay. A second Commonwealth Games appearance came when she represented

in the breaststroke events, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in

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. She won the 100-metre breaststroke event at the

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. At the ASA National British Championships she won the 110 yards breaststroke title in 1965, 1966 and 1968.

References

1948 births Living people Sportspeople from London Swimmers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Great Britain Female breaststroke swimmers English female swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for Great Britain Universiade silver medalists for Great Britain Medalists at the 1967 Summer Universiade {{UK-swimming-bio-stub