Alwyn Jones (born 28 February 1985) is an Australian

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er. Jones was born in Australia. He attended Victoria University. He finished fifth at the 2004 World Junior Championships, won the bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and finished eighth at the

2006 World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the ...

. Jones is also a nine-time national champion. His personal best is 16.83 metres, achieved when he won the 2009 Australian Championships in

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1985 births Living people Australian male triple jumpers World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Australian Athletics Championships winners {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub