Esther Jones (born April 7, 1969) is a former sprinter who won an Olympic gold medal in the

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in 1992 Barcelona. Jones was born in

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, United States and ran track collegiately at

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. 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 Evelyn Ashford (born April 15, 1957) is an American retired track and field athlete, the 1984 Olympic Games, Olympic champion in the 100-meter dash. She ran under the 11-second barrier over 30 times and was the first to run under 11 seconds in a ...

Carlette Guidry Carlette Denise Guidry-Falkquay (formerly Guidry-White, née Guidry; born September 4, 1968) is an American former Sprint (running), sprinter who won gold medals in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1992 Barc ...

and

Gwen Torrence Gwendolyn Lenna Torrence (born June 12, 1965) is a retired American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist. She was born in Decatur, Georgia. She attended Columbia High School and the University of Georgia. She was offered a scholarship because of ...

. 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. 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. Her nephew,

Trey McKinney-Jones Trey McKinney-Jones (born August 27, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Gunma Crane Thunders of the B.League. He played college basketball for the UMKC Kangaroos (now known as the Kansas City Roos) and the Miami Hurricanes. ...

, is a professional basketball player.

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* American female sprinters 1969 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field Track and field athletes from Chicago LSU Lady Tigers track and field athletes Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States Universiade bronze medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade Olympic female sprinters 20th-century American women {{US-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub