Jones was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States and ran track collegiately at Louisiana State University. She finished fourth in both the 100 m and 200 m at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Sudbury and won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 m relay. She reached the semi-finals of the 200 metres at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, she won a gold medal in the sprint relay, running the second leg. Her teammates were Evelyn Ashford, Carlette Guidry and Gwen Torrence.
Jones' best legal times are 11.11 secs (July 1991) in the 100 metres, set in Rhede, and 22.47 secs (May 1992) in the 200 metres, set in San José.[1] In the 100 m, she also ran a wind-aided 10.99 (+5.2) in Eugene (June 1991) and an 11.09 at altitude in El Paso (April 1994), with no wind gauge.[2]
esther, jones, athlete, esther, jones, born, april, 1969, former, sprinter, olympic, gold, medal, metres, relay, 1992, barcelona, esther, jonespersonal, informationbornapril, 1969, 1969, chicago, illinois, medal, record, women, athleticsrepresenting, united, s. Esther Jones born April 7 1969 is a former sprinter who won an Olympic gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay in 1992 Barcelona Esther JonesPersonal informationBornApril 7 1969 1969 04 07 age 54 Chicago Illinois U S Medal record Women s athleticsRepresenting the United StatesOlympic Games1992 Barcelona 4x100 m relayWorld Cup1989 Barcelona 4x100 m relayUniversiade1989 Duisburg 4x100 m relay1989 Duisburg 200 metresWorld Junior Championships1988 Sudbury 4x100 m relayJones was born in Chicago Illinois United States and ran track collegiately at Louisiana State University She finished fourth in both the 100 m and 200 m at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Sudbury and won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 m relay She reached the semi finals of the 200 metres at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics she won a gold medal in the sprint relay running the second leg Her teammates were Evelyn Ashford Carlette Guidry and Gwen Torrence Jones best legal times are 11 11 secs July 1991 in the 100 metres set in Rhede and 22 47 secs May 1992 in the 200 metres set in San Jose 1 In the 100 m she also ran a wind aided 10 99 5 2 in Eugene June 1991 and an 11 09 at altitude in El Paso April 1994 with no wind gauge 2 Her nephew Trey McKinney Jones is a professional basketball player 3 References edit Women s 200 m Track amp Field all tile lists Retrieved 10 July 2014 Women s 100 m non legal Track amp Field all time lists Retrieved 10 July 2014 Trey McKinney Jones Profile Miami Hurricanes Archived from the original on March 3 2016 Retrieved September 28 2015 External links editEsther Jones at World Athletics nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a track and field Olympic medalist of the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Esther Jones athlete amp oldid 1183980567, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
