Jade Jones-Hall

Jade Jones-Hall
Jade Jones in Rio 2016
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1996-01-04) 4 January 1996 (age 28)
Middlesbrough, England
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportAthletics, paratriathlon
EventWheelchair racing
ClubNew Marske
Coached byTanni Grey-Thompson
Ian Thompson
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals2012
Personal best(s)400 m: 55.91
800 m: 1:51.55
1500 m: 3:25.07
5000 m: 11:56.31
Medal record
Women's para-athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Swansea 800 m T54
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Swansea 5000 m T54
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow 1500 m T54
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast Marathon T54
Women's paratriathlon
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Rotterdam PTWC
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kitzbühel PTWC
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Valencia PTWC
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast PTWC

Jade Jones-Hall (born 4 January 1996), known previously as Jade Jones, is an English wheelchair racer, competing in T54 events, and a paratriathlete competing in handbike-to-wheelchair classifications. Jones competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the 400m, 800m and 1500m.[1] In 2018, she won the gold medal in Paratriathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Personal history

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Jones was born in Middlesbrough, England in 1996. She was born with a missing femur. Jones is a former pupil of Ormesby School in Middlesbrough and Prior Pursglove College in Guisborough, and began studying law at the University of Teesside in September 2014.

Athletic career

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Jones was invited by wheelchair athlete, Tanni Grey-Thompson and her husband (and personal coach) Ian Thompson, to try out a racing chair during a school sports day visit.[1] Within a few weeks Jones was training under Grey-Thompson and began entering competitive sport meets in 2009. Competing in sprint racing and long-distance events, Jones trained with the New Markse club. In 2011, she competed in the IPC Athletics World Championships in New Zealand. She finished 5th in T54 200m race.[2]

Jones recorded personal bests in the 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m in 2012, and qualified in all three events for the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[2] Jones failed to qualify for the finals in both the 400 m and 800 m, finishing sixth and fifth respectively. In the 1500 m she qualified through finishing 5th in the preliminary heat, but failed to medal, coming last in the finals three seconds behind the winner Tatyana McFadden of the United States.[2][3]

In September 2012 Jones entered the Great North Run. Competing in the Junior Wheelchair event, she won the Tyne Tunnel 2k race in 4 minutes 12 seconds.[2]

In 2013, Jones qualified for the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon. She raced in the T54 classification distance races, reaching the finals of the 400 m, 800 m, 1500 m and 5000 m. Her best finish was fourth in the 400 m.[4]

In 2014 Jones won her first major international medals, whilst representing Great Britain at the IPC European Championships in Swansea. She took silver in the 800m along with a bronze in the 5,000m. Jones completed the year by winning a silver in the T54 women's race at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[5] In July 2016 it was announced that Jones had been selected for her second Paralympics, in Rio.[6] In 2018 at the British Commonwealth Games, hosted at Gold Coast Australia, she was the commonwealth champion in the paratrialthon, finishing in a time of 1 hour 11 minutes and 7 seconds.

Achievements

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2013 Reading Half Marathon Reading, United Kingdom 1st Half marathon 1:09:11[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Jade Jones". paralympics.org.uk. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d "Jade Jones". thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Women's 1500m – T54". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Tatyana McFadden wins six from six in Paralympic clean sweep in Lyon". The Guardian. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  5. ^ McGurick, Bill (7 August 2014). "Two silver and two bronze – a great return from the Commonwealth Games". chroniclelive.co.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Paralympics GB Track and Field Line-up Confirmed for Rio 2016". paralympics.org.uk. 26 June 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Half Marathon" (PDF). Brasher Leisure Ltd T/A Sweatshop. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
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