Lina Jones
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January 13, 1968
 Lina Jones (centre) after winning the 2022 British Prone Championship | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | British |
| Born | Lina Bendaraviciute January 13, 1968 Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Occupation | Interpreter |
| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
Spouse | Peter Jones |
| Sport | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sport | Shooting |
Event | 50-metre rifle prone |
| Club | Bookham Rifle Club |
| Coached by | Michael Babb |
Lina Jones (née Bendaraviciute; born 13 January 1968) is a British sports shooter. As of 2023, she has won the British Prone Championship three times, including back-to-back wins in 2022 and 2023. She has represented England at two Commonwealth Games. She represented Great Britain at the 2014 ISSF World Championships and 2015 European Shooting Championships.
Lina started shooting at the age of eight with a rifle club in her hometown of Kaunas, Lithuania.[1] In the run up to the 1980 Moscow Olympics, Lithuania hosted some events of the Spartakiad and a world-class range was built close to her home. In 1986 she was awarded Master of Sport of the Soviet Union and studied sport shooting and physical education at university.[1]
Following Lithuanian independence in 1991, Lina met an English shooter John Miller, who was visiting Lithuania to shoot. Miller invited Lina to shoot at the British Small-bore Championships at Bisley. She later moved to the UK to work, meeting her future husband Peter Jones. The couple married in 1993.[1]