Melvyn Jones

Melvyn Jones

Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing Great Britain
World Championships
	1987 Bourg St.-Maurice	K1 team
	1993 Mezzana	K1 team
	1993 Mezzana	K1

Melvyn Jones (born 26 January 1964 in Stourbridge) is a British slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s.

He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (K1 team: 1987, 1993) and a bronze (K1: 1993).

Jones also finished seventh in the K1 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

His wife, Elisabeth, won a gold medal for Germany in the women's K1 event at those same games.

World Cup individual podiums

Season	Date	Venue	Position	Event
1991	6 Jul 1991	Augsburg	2nd	K1
	1 Sep 1991	Wausau	3rd	K1
1992	16 Feb 1992	Murupara	3rd	K1
	23 Feb 1992	Launceston	1st	K1
1993	21 Aug 1993	Minden	1st	K1

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009)

External links

• Melvyn Jones at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)