Rhys Jones (athlete)
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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
30 June 1994 Church Village, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Federation of Disability Sport Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Jane Coia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Paralympic finals | 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) |
100m: 11.82s 200m: 24.37s | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rhys Jones (born 30 June 1994) is a Paralympian athlete from Wales competing in category T37 sprinting events. Jones qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the 100m and 200m sprint. Making the final of the 200m at his first major games.[1]
History
Jones was born in Church Village near Pontypridd in Wales in 1994. Jones, who has cerebral palsy, played football for a pan-disability side before switching to athletics after attending a Disability Sports Wales trial.[1] He attended his first junior competition, in Blackpool in 2008, winning four gold medals in the T37 category.[1] By 2010 he was entering senior championships, competing in sprints and the long jump in the 2008 CP National Championships in Nottingham.[2]
In 2011 Jones entered events across Europe taking first place at the Czech Open. He posted two personal bests in 2012, 12.25s in the 100m sprint at Birmingham and 25.24s in the 200m in the London Disability Athletics Challenge.[2] He qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympics in both 100m and 200m sprint. He followed his first Paralympic Games by qualifying for this 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon finishing 7th in the 100m and 8th in the 200m.
In 2014 Jones was named in the Wales squad for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. He ran in the T37 100m, qualifying through the first heat in second place with a time of 12.10 and in the final he posted a time of 12.04 to take the bronze medal.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 "Rhys Jones". paralympics.org.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- 1 2 "Rhys Jones". thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ "Rhys Jones: Biography". glasgow2014.com. Retrieved 28 July 2014.