Background
Atkinson was born in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, England, and she attended Millfield School in Somerset.
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Joanne Atkinson
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Education
University of Miami.
Career
At Millfield, Atkinson was trained by swimming coach Paddy Garratt. Two years later, she represented Great Britain at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, where she competed in the preliminary heats of the women"s 100- and 200-metre butterfly events. After Millfield, Atkinson attended the University of Miami in Miami, Florida, where she competed for the Miami Hurricanes swimming and diving team in 1977 and 1978.
She received All-American honours both years.
She later attended the universities of Durham and Loughborough.
