Louise Jones (cyclist)
Louise Jones (born 8 June 1963 in Chatham, Kent, England[1]) is a Welsh former racing cyclist. Lived in Port Talbot, Wales while competing, now resides in Brisbane.
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| Full name | Louise Christine Jones | |||||||||||||
| Born | 8 June 1963 Chatham, England | |||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track & Road | |||||||||||||
| Role | Rider Commissaire | |||||||||||||
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| 1999–2000 | GS Strada | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Jones won the first gold medal for women in cycling at the Commonwealth Games, when women's cycling was introduced in Auckland, New Zealand in 1990.[2] She finished fourth in the 1998 Commonwealth Games road race in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998. She also represented Britain in the UCI Road World Championships in 1991 and the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul and the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.[3]
Jones retired in 2000 and has worked as a commissaire for the UCI. She had been a commissaire at national level since 1994.[4]
In addition to her international success she was a 10 times British track champion, winning the British National Individual Sprint Championships from 1986 until 1990, the British National Individual Time Trial Championships in 1990 and 1991 and the British National Points Championships in 1989.[5]
Personal life
Jones took time out from competing between 1994 and 1997 to have children with her husband Phil, a cyclist and plumber. The family moved to Brisbane, Australia in 2007 after Jones acted as a commissaire at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Jones is the mother of racing cyclist Hayley Jones.[6]
Palmarès
- 1986
- 1st British National Individual Sprint Championships
- 1st British National Points Championships
- 1st British National Kilometre Championship
- 1st British National 800m Grasstrack Championship
- 1988
- 1st British National Individual Sprint Championships
- 7th Sprint Seoul Olympic Games
- 1990
- 1st Sprint, Commonwealth Games
- 1st British National Individual Sprint Championships
- 1st British National Individual kilometre Championships
- 1991
- 1st British National Individual Sprint Championships
- 1st British National Individual Kilometre Championships
- 2nd British National 3km Individual Pursuit Championship
- 1998
- 2nd British National Road Race Championships
- 2nd British National 3km Individual Pursuit Championship
- 4th Road Race, Commonwealth Games
References
- ^ 'Edita bags it, another silver for Anna'
- ^ News on British Cycling website, 2002 30 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ Interview with Louise Jones, womenscycling.net 2005 4 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Profile and record". Cycling Archives.
- ^ "Cyclist Hayley Jones aims to follow in footsteps of Commonwealth Games gold medallist Mum Louise". WalesOnline. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.