Paige Jones
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| Born | August 30, 2002 Park City, Utah, U.S. |
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| Sport | Ski jumping |
Paige Jones (born August 30, 2002) is an American ski jumper.
Jones attends the University of North Dakota as a distance student majoring in Biomedical engineering.[1]
Career
Jones represented the United States at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.[2][3] At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 she became the first woman to ever jump an Olympic large hill at a World Championships event.[4] She was named U.S. Ski and Snowboard's 2021 Ski Jumping Athlete of the Year.[5] She crashed at junior nationals in March 2021, which resulted in a broken fibula, torn deltoid ligament and a disrupted ankle joint. As a result, she failed to qualify for the 2022 Winter Olympics.[6]
In January 2026, she was selected to represent the United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics.[7] During the normal hill event she finished in 23rd place.[8]
