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Ron Jones (athlete)

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Ron Jones
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1962 Belgrade 4 × 100 m relay
Representing  Wales
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1962 Perth 4 × 110 yd relay

Ronald Jones (19 August 1934 – 30 December 2021) was a British track and field athlete.

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Career

Jones represented Great Britain at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting with the 1964 Tokyo Games. He was Britain's team captain in the 1968 Mexico Games. He combined with Peter Radford, David Jones and Berwyn Jones to equal the world 4 x 110 yds world record in 1963 with 40.0 secs. Ron held the Welsh 100m record for 27 years until it was beaten by future world 110m hurdles record holder Colin Jackson with 10.29 in 1990.

After his illustrious athletics career he became either the CEO or MD of three major football clubs in the English leagues. He was also a member of both the Welsh Athletics Hall of Fame and the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame.[1]

Bronze medal winner, Belgrade and Perth

He won the bronze medal in the men's 4x100 metres relay at the 1962 European Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, alongside Alf Meakin, Berwyn Jones, and David Jones. He also won a bronze medal with David England, Nick Whitehead and Berwyn Jones in the 4 x 110 yards relay while competing for Wales at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia.

Personal life and death

Jones was born on 19 August 1934 in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf. He died in Cambridge on 30 December 2021, at the age of 87.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Roll of Honour athletics great Ron Jones dies". Welsh Sports Hall Of Fame. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Ron Jones: Olympian and ex-Cardiff City director dies aged 87". BBC Sport. 30 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Ron Jones, sprinter and British captain at Mexico Olympics, dies aged 87". The Guardian. 30 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. ^ Ron Jones

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