Louise Jones (cyclist)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Louise Christine Jones |
| Born |
8 June 1963 Chatham, England |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Track & Road |
| Role |
Rider Commissaire |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1999-2000 | GS Strada |
| Major wins | |
 Commonwealth Games | |
|
Infobox last updated on 14 December 2007 | |
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.
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.
Jones retired in 2000 and has worked as a commissaire for the UCI. She had been a commissaire at national level since 1994.[3]
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.[4]
Palmarès
1986 -1991 inc British Sprint Champion
1986 British Point Race Champion
1988 7th Sprint Seoul Olympic Games
- 1990
- 1st Sprint, Commonwealth Games
- 1998
- 2nd British National Road Race Championships
- 4th Road Race, Commonwealth Games
- 1999
- 3rd Scratch Race, British National Track Championships