Esther Jones (athlete)
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Born | April 7, 1969 (1969-04-07) (age 55) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Esther Jones (born April 7, 1969) is a former sprinter who won an Olympic gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay in 1992 Barcelona.
Jones was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States and ran track collegiately at Louisiana State University. She finished fourth in both the 100 m and 200 m at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Sudbury and won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 m relay. She reached the semi-finals of the 200 metres at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, she won a gold medal in the sprint relay, running the second leg. Her teammates were Evelyn Ashford, Carlette Guidry and Gwen Torrence.
Jones' best legal times are 11.11 secs (July 1991) in the 100 metres, set in Rhede, and 22.47 secs (May 1992) in the 200 metres, set in San José.[1] In the 100 m, she also ran a wind-aided 10.99 (+5.2) in Eugene (June 1991) and an 11.09 at altitude in El Paso (April 1994), with no wind gauge.[2]
Her nephew, Trey McKinney-Jones, is a professional basketball player.[3]
References
- ^ "Women's 200 m". Track & Field all-tile lists. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ^ "Women's 100 m non legal". Track & Field all-time lists. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ^ "Trey McKinney-Jones Profile". Miami Hurricanes. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
External links
- Esther Jones at World Athletics
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- 1928: Bobbie Rosenfeld, Ethel Smith, Jane Bell, Myrtle Cook (CAN)
- 1932: Mary Carew, Evelyn Furtsch, Annette Rogers, Wilhelmina von Bremen (USA)
- 1936: Harriet Bland, Annette Rogers, Betty Robinson, Helen Stephens (USA)
- 1948: Xenia Stad-de Jong, Netti Witziers-Timmer, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)
- 1952: Mae Faggs, Barbara Jones, Janet Moreau, Catherine Hardy (USA)
- 1956: Shirley Barbara de la Hunty, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor, Betty Cuthbert (AUS)
- 1960: Martha Hudson, Lucinda Williams, Barbara Jones, Wilma Rudolph (USA)
- 1964: Teresa Ciepły, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka, Ewa Kłobukowska (POL)
- 1968: Barbara Ferrell, Margaret Bailes, Mildrette Netter, Wyomia Tyus (USA)
- 1972: Christiane Krause, Ingrid Mickler, Annegret Richter, Heide Rosendahl (FRG)
- 1976: Marlies Göhr, Renate Stecher, Carla Bodendorf, Bärbel Wöckel (GDR)
- 1980: Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr (GDR)
- 1984: Alice Brown, Jeanette Bolden, Chandra Cheeseborough, Evelyn Ashford (USA)
- 1988: Alice Brown, Sheila Echols, Florence Griffith Joyner, Evelyn Ashford, Dannette Young (USA)
- 1992: Evelyn Ashford, Esther Jones, Carlette Guidry, Gwen Torrence, Michelle Finn (USA)
- 1996: Gail Devers, Inger Miller, Chryste Gaines, Gwen Torrence, Carlette Guidry (USA)
- 2000: Savatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson, Eldece Lewis (BAH)
- 2004: Tayna Lawrence, Sherone Simpson, Aleen Bailey, Veronica Campbell, Beverly McDonald (JAM)
- 2008: Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Élodie Ouédraogo, Kim Gevaert (BEL)
- 2012: Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter, Jeneba Tarmoh, Lauryn Williams (USA)
- 2016: Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, Tori Bowie, English Gardner, Morolake Akinosun (USA)
- 2020: Briana Williams, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson, Natasha Morrison, Remona Burchell (JAM)
- 2024: Melissa Jefferson, Twanisha Terry, Gabrielle Thomas, Sha'Carri Richardson (USA)
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