Jade Jones-Hall
 Jade Jones in Rio 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 January 1996 Middlesbrough, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics, paratriathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Wheelchair racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | New Marske | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Tanni Grey-Thompson Ian Thompson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Paralympic finals | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 400 m: 55.91 800 m: 1:51.55 1500 m: 3:25.07 5000 m: 11:56.31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jade Jones-Hall (born 4 January 1996), known previously as Jade Jones, is an English wheelchair racer, competing in T54 events, and a paratriathlete competing in handbike-to-wheelchair classifications. Jones competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the 400m, 800m and 1500m.[1] In 2018, she won the gold medal in Paratriathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Personal history[edit]
Jones was born in Middlesbrough, England in 1996. She was born with a missing femur. Jones is a former pupil of Ormesby School in Middlesbrough and Prior Pursglove College in Guisborough, and began studying law at the University of Teesside in September 2014.
Athletic career[edit]
Jones was invited by wheelchair athlete, Tanni Grey-Thompson and her husband (and personal coach) Ian Thompson, to try out a racing chair during a school sports day visit.[1] Within a few weeks Jones was training under Grey-Thompson and began entering competitive sport meets in 2009. Competing in sprint racing and long-distance events, Jones trained with the New Markse club. In 2011, she competed in the IPC Athletics World Championships in New Zealand. She finished 5th in T54 200m race.[2]
Jones recorded personal bests in the 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m in 2012, and qualified in all three events for the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[2] Jones failed to qualify for the finals in both the 400 m and 800 m, finishing sixth and fifth respectively. In the 1500 m she qualified through finishing 5th in the preliminary heat, but failed to medal, coming last in the finals three seconds behind the winner Tatyana McFadden of the United States.[2][3]
In September 2012 Jones entered the Great North Run. Competing in the Junior Wheelchair event, she won the Tyne Tunnel 2k race in 4 minutes 12 seconds.[2]
In 2013, Jones qualified for the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon. She raced in the T54 classification distance races, reaching the finals of the 400 m, 800 m, 1500 m and 5000 m. Her best finish was fourth in the 400 m.[4]
In 2014 Jones won her first major international medals, whilst representing Great Britain at the IPC European Championships in Swansea. She took silver in the 800m along with a bronze in the 5,000m. Jones completed the year by winning a silver in the T54 women's race at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[5] In July 2016 it was announced that Jones had been selected for her second Paralympics, in Rio.[6] In 2018 at the British Commonwealth Games, hosted at Gold Coast Australia, she was the commonwealth champion in the paratrialthon, finishing in a time of 1 hour 11 minutes and 7 seconds.
Achievements[edit]
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| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2013 | Reading Half Marathon | Reading, United Kingdom | 1st | Half marathon | 1:09:11[7] |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Jade Jones". paralympics.org.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Jade Jones". thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ^ "Women's 1500m – T54". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ^ "Tatyana McFadden wins six from six in Paralympic clean sweep in Lyon". The Guardian. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
- ^ McGurick, Bill (7 August 2014). "Two silver and two bronze – a great return from the Commonwealth Games". chroniclelive.co.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Paralympics GB Track and Field Line-up Confirmed for Rio 2016". paralympics.org.uk. 26 June 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Half Marathon" (PDF). Brasher Leisure Ltd T/A Sweatshop. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
External links[edit]
- Jade Jones-Hall at the British Triathlon Federation
- Jade Hall at World Triathlon
- Jade Hall at the International Paralympic Committee
- Jade Jones at the British Paralympic Association
- Jade Jones at Team England
- Jade Jones at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Jade Jones at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Alumni of Teesside University
- Sportspeople from Middlesbrough
- English female wheelchair racers
- English disabled sportspeople
- Sportswomen with disabilities
- Track and field athletes with disabilities
- Paralympic wheelchair racers
- Paralympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Triathletes at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games