Hayley Louise Jones (born 26 September 1995) is a

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, who last rode for

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. From Port Talbot, Jones was a member of the record breaking, gold medal winning, British team pursuit squad at the Juniors world championships in 2013.

Early career

Hayley Jones is the daughter of Phil and Louise Jones, the sprint gold medalist for Wales at the

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. Jones was part of

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's Olympic Development Programme for 2012/2013. She was a member of the bronze medal-winning British team pursuit squad at the Junior world championships in 2012. That year, she was living with her family in Brisbane, Australia, Jones teamed up with Taylah Jennings and Alexandra O'Dea, to win gold in the junior team pursuit at the

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. On 8 August 2013, at the

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, Jones competed at the

UCI Juniors Track World Championships The UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships (named the UCI Juniors Track World Championships before 2016) are a set of world championship events for junior riders, for various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by t ...

. She was part of Britain's Team Pursuit squad which also included

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and Emily Nelson. In the qualifying heat, they broke the world record which had only been set a few weeks previously at the

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, setting a new time of 4:38.708. In the final, they broke the record once more, with a time of 4:35.085, beating Russia to become world champions. She then went on to win Bronze in the Points Race. Jones represented

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in Glasgow, 2014, finishing 20th in the points race.

Major results

;2012 :1st Team pursuit, Australian National Junior Track Championships (with Taylah Jennings & Alexandra O'Dea) :3rd Team pursuit,

(with

Elinor Barker Elinor Jane Barker (born 7 September 1994) is a Welsh road and track racing cyclist, who last rode professionally on the road for UCI Women's Team . Representing Great Britain in international competitions, Barker is an Olympic champion, a two- ...

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) ;2013 :

::1st

Team pursuit (with

& Emily Nelson) ::3rd Points race : 3rd Points race, British National Junior Track Championships ;2017 : 1st Scratch, International track race – Panevežys

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Hayley 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Neath Welsh female cyclists Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales