Patricia Jones (16 October 1930 – 23 August 2000)[1] was a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She was born in New Westminster. She competed for Canada in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom, in the 4 × 100 metres where she won the bronze medal[2] with her teammates Viola Myers, Nancy MacKay and Diane Foster. Their 47.8-second time compares to the winning 47.5 seconds of the Netherlands and the 47.7 of the Australian team. In the individual 100 metres final she finished fifth, just behind Myers, both recording 12.3-second times against the winning 11.9-second run of Netherlands' Fanny Blankers-Koen.[3]
Jones in the 100m final of the 1948 Summer Olympics
patricia, jones, sprinter, patricia, jones, october, 1930, august, 2000, canadian, athlete, competed, mainly, metres, born, westminster, competed, canada, 1948, summer, olympics, held, london, united, kingdom, metres, where, bronze, medal, with, teammates, vio. Patricia Jones 16 October 1930 23 August 2000 1 was a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres She was born in New Westminster She competed for Canada in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London United Kingdom in the 4 100 metres where she won the bronze medal 2 with her teammates Viola Myers Nancy MacKay and Diane Foster Their 47 8 second time compares to the winning 47 5 seconds of the Netherlands and the 47 7 of the Australian team In the individual 100 metres final she finished fifth just behind Myers both recording 12 3 second times against the winning 11 9 second run of Netherlands Fanny Blankers Koen 3 Jones in the 100m final of the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic medal recordWomen s athleticsRepresenting Canada1948 London 4 100 m relayReferences edit Deaths and Funerals Times Colonist 26 August 2000 p 44 Retrieved 29 December 2018 via Newspapers com nbsp Sports Reference Pat Jones biography Resultat 100 m K Athletics London 1948 www games encyclo org Archived from the original on 26 July 2011 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to Canadian athletics and track and field is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about a Canadian Olympic medallist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Patricia Jones sprinter amp oldid 1159672167, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
