# Jeanette Laws

Jeanette Mary Barker (née Laws, born 1933 or 1934) 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, and educated at Napier Girls' High School. 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. After she left school, Laws spent two years living in Auckland and Dunedin where she received specialist diving coaching, while working in accounting.
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. 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.

## Later life

Later in the 1950s, Laws retired from diving to marry Peter Barker and raise a family. 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.
FINA World Masters Championships results for Jeanette Barker :
| Year | Meet | Location | Age group | Event | Rank |
| 1986 | 1st FINA World Masters Championships | Tokyo | 50–54 years | Women's 50 m freestyle | 13 |
| 1986 | 1st FINA World Masters Championships | Tokyo | 50–54 years | Women's 400 m freestyle | 18 |
| 1986 | 1st FINA World Masters Championships | Tokyo | 50–54 years | Women's 50 m breaststroke | 13 |
| 1986 | 1st FINA World Masters Championships | Tokyo | 50–54 years | Women's 100 m breaststroke | 9 |
| 1986 | 1st FINA World Masters Championships | Tokyo | 50–54 years | Women's 200 m breaststroke | 8 |
| 1988 | 2nd FINA World Masters Championships | Brisbane | 50–54 years | Women's 50 m breaststroke | 21 |
| 1988 | 2nd FINA World Masters Championships | Brisbane | 50–54 years | Women's 100 m breaststroke | 17 |
| 1988 | 2nd FINA World Masters Championships | Brisbane | 50–59 years | Women's 1 m springboard | 4 |
| 1988 | 2nd FINA World Masters Championships | Brisbane | 50–59 years | Women's 3 m springboard | |
| 1988 | 2nd FINA World Masters Championships | Brisbane | 50–59 years | Women's platform | |
| 1990 | 3rd FINA World Masters Championships | Rio de Janeiro | 55–59 years | Women's 50 m breaststroke | 21 |
| 1990 | 3rd FINA World Masters Championships | Rio de Janeiro | 55–59 years | Women's 100 m breaststroke | 6 |
| 1990 | 3rd FINA World Masters Championships | Rio de Janeiro | 55–59 years | Women's 200 m breaststroke | 7 |
| 1990 | 3rd FINA World Masters Championships | Rio de Janeiro | 55–59 years | Women's 1 m springboard | |
| 1990 | 3rd FINA World Masters Championships | Rio de Janeiro | 55–59 years | Women's 3 m springboard | |
| 1990 | 3rd FINA World Masters Championships | Rio de Janeiro | 50–59 years | Women's platform | |
| 1998 | 7th FINA World Masters Championships | Casablanca | 65–69 years | Women's 50 m breaststroke | 6 |
| 1998 | 7th FINA World Masters Championships | Casablanca | 65–69 years | Women's 100 m breaststroke | 6 |
| 1998 | 7th FINA World Masters Championships | Casablanca | 65–69 years | Women's 1 m springboard | |
| 1998 | 7th FINA World Masters Championships | Casablanca | 65–69 years | Women's 3 m springboard | |
| 1998 | 7th FINA World Masters Championships | Casablanca | 65–69 years | Women's platform | |
| 2002 | 9th FINA World Masters Championships | Christchurch | 65–69 years | Women's 100 m freestyle | 23 |
| 2002 | 9th FINA World Masters Championships | Christchurch | 65–69 years | Women's 200 m freestyle | 11 |
| 2002 | 9th FINA World Masters Championships | Christchurch | 65–69 years | Women's 50 m breaststroke | 12 |
| 2002 | 9th FINA World Masters Championships | Christchurch | 65–69 years | Women's 100 m breaststroke | 11 |
| 2002 | 9th FINA World Masters Championships | Christchurch | 65–69 years | Women's 200 m breaststroke | 8 |
| 2002 | 9th FINA World Masters Championships | Christchurch | 65–69 years | Women's 1 m springboard | |
| 2002 | 9th FINA World Masters Championships | Christchurch | 65–69 years | Women's 3 m springboard | |
| 2004 | 10th FINA World Masters Championships | Riccione | 70–74 years | Women's 100 m freestyle | 10 |
| 2004 | 10th FINA World Masters Championships | Riccione | 70–74 years | Women's 50 m breaststroke | 12 |
| 2004 | 10th FINA World Masters Championships | Riccione | 70–74 years | Women's 200 m breaststroke | 6 |
| 2004 | 10th FINA World Masters Championships | Riccione | 70–74 years | Women's 1 m springboard | 4 |
| 2004 | 10th FINA World Masters Championships | Riccione | 70–74 years | Women's 3 m springboard | |
| 2004 | 10th FINA World Masters Championships | Riccione | 70–74 years | Women's tower | |