Jade Jones-Hall
English wheelchair racer (born 1996)
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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.
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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 January 1996 Middlesbrough, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics, paratriathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Wheelchair racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | New Marske | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Tanni Grey-Thompson Ian Thompson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 400 m: 55.91 800 m: 1:51.55 1500 m: 3:25.07 5000 m: 11:56.31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal history
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.[2]
Athletic career
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.[3]
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.[3] 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.[3][4]
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.[3]
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.[5]
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.[6] In July 2016 it was announced that Jones had been selected for her second Paralympics, in Rio.[7] 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
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2013 | Reading Half Marathon | Reading, United Kingdom | 1st | Half marathon | 1:09:11[8] |