Pat Jones (hurdler)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 20 June 1942 Croydon, England |
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | hurdles |
| Club | Birchfield Harriers |
Patricia Ann "Pat" Jones (born 20 June 1942) is a British former track and field hurdler who mostly competed in the 80 metres hurdles, who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Biography
[edit]Born in Croydon, England, Jones became a member of Birchfield Harriers, a Birmingham-based athletic club.[1]
Jones became the national 200 metres hurdles champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1964 WAAA Championships, setting a world record time of 27.9 seconds.[2] The following year she not only retained her 200 hurdles title but also became the national 80 metres hurdles champion at the 1965 WAAA Championships. She was also runner-up to future Olympic champion Mary Peters in the WAAA women's pentathlon in 1965.[3] In 1966 Jones regained the 200 metres hurdles WAAA title.[4][5]
Jones made a clean sweep of the three WAAA hurdles titles at the 1967 WAAA Championships and was runner-up to East Germany's Karin Balzer at the 1967 European Cup[6] and won the 1967 European Cup semi-final with a best of 10.6 seconds, which ranked her eighth in the world for the discipline that year.[7][8]
At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, she represented Great Britain (being eliminated in the first round).[1]
Jones also competed at the AAA Indoor Championships and though she never won a title there she reached the 60-yard hurdles podium in 1965 and 1966, as well as the podium of the 1966 220 yards sprint.[9] In regional competition, she had two wins in the 200 m hurdles at the North of England Athletics Championships (1962, 1963),[10] and twelve individual wins at the Midland Counties Championships, including straight wins in the 80 m hurdles from 1964 to 1969, consecutive wins in the 200 m hurdles from 1964 to 1967, and three wins in the pentathlon between 1965 and 1968 (interrupted by Rosemary Payne in 1966).[11]
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | European Cup | Kyiv, Soviet Union | 2nd | 80 m hurdles | 10.9 |
| 1968 | Olympic Games | Mexico City, Mexico | 6th (heats) | 80 m hurdles | 11.0 |
National titles
[edit]- WAAA Championships
- 80 m hurdles: 1965, 1967
- 100 m hurdles: 1965, 1967
- 200 m hurdles: 1964, 1966, 1967
References
[edit]- ^ a b Pat Jones. Olympedia. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
- ^ "Little Daphne Zips to Records". Sunday Express. 5 July 1964. Retrieved 28 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ WAAA Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
- ^ "Fleet-footed Anne has that gold-medal look". Sunday Express. 3 July 1966. Retrieved 1 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
- ^ EUROPEAN CUP A FINAL AND SUPER LEAGUE (WOMEN). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
- ^ Pat Jones. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
- ^ European Cup Semi Final. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
- ^ WAAA Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
- ^ North of England Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
- ^ Midland Counties Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
