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Jane Asher

Jane Asher BEM is a 95-year-old British Masters swimmer and International Swimming Hall of Fame inductee who has broken 100+ world records.

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APPEARANCES

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PODCASTS

Apr 21, 2026

In At The Deep End

In At The Deep End

Breaking records at 95 and loving life - with the inspirational Jane Asher BEM

Apr 21 · 49m

Salim AhmedHOST

10:45

And how it affected you, etc., at the time in terms of competitions or whatever.

Jane AsherGUEST

10:53

Well, I'll tell you about black people.

Jane AsherGUEST

10:56

We were privileged.

Jane AsherGUEST

10:58

You were privileged just to be white in those days and father being professional and comfortably off.

Jane AsherGUEST

11:06

We could do things that black people couldn't.

Jane AsherGUEST

11:11

And we had servants.

Jane AsherGUEST

11:14

We had ponies.

Salim AhmedHOST

14:31

So you taught

Jane Asher: The World Record Breaker

Mar 20 · 48m

VickiHOST

15:23

You stopped swimming when you had your children.

Jane AsherGUEST

15:26

Oh, yeah.

Jane AsherGUEST

15:26

Well, I had to stop before that.

Jane AsherGUEST

15:29

I came from South Africa.

Jane AsherGUEST

15:32

I went to Manchester to do a postgraduate diploma and they had a swimming pool there and I swam for Manchester University.

Jane AsherGUEST

15:41

And then I came to Norwich and there weren't any pools.

Jane AsherGUEST

15:45

So I joined the rowing club.

8 MINS LATER

VickiHOST

23:37

Tell us a bit about your open water swims, Jane.