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Louise Jones (born 8 June 1963 in
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, Kent, England) is a
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former racing cyclist. Lived in Port Talbot, Wales while competing, now resides in Brisbane.


Career

Jones won the first gold medal for women in cycling at the Commonwealth Games, when women's cycling was introduced in Auckland, New Zealand in 1990. She finished fourth in the
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road race in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998. She also represented Britain in the UCI Road World Championships in 1991 and the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul and the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. Jones retired in 2000 and has worked as a commissaire for the UCI. She had been a commissaire at national level since 1994. In addition to her international success she was a 10 times British track champion, winning the British National Individual Sprint Championships from 1986 until 1990, the
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in 1990 and 1991 and the
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in 1989.


Personal life

Jones took time out from competing between 1994 and 1997 to have children with her husband Phil, a cyclist and plumber. The family moved to Brisbane,
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in 2007 after Jones acted as a commissaire at the
2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...
in Melbourne. Jones is the mother of racing cyclist Hayley Jones.


Palmarès

;1986 :1st British National Individual Sprint Championships :1st
British National Points Championships The British National Points Championships are held annually as part of the British National Track Championships The British National Track Championships are held annually and organised by British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federation ...
:1st British National Kilometre Championship :1st British National 800m Grasstrack Championship ;1987 :1st British National Individual Sprint Championships ;1988 :1st British National Individual Sprint Championships :7th Sprint Seoul Olympic Games ;1989 :1st British National Individual Sprint Championships :1st
British National Points Championships The British National Points Championships are held annually as part of the British National Track Championships The British National Track Championships are held annually and organised by British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federation ...
;1990 :1st Sprint, Commonwealth Games :1st British National Individual Sprint Championships :1st British National Individual kilometre Championships ;1991 :1st British National Individual Sprint Championships :1st British National Individual Kilometre Championships :2nd British National 3km Individual Pursuit Championship ;1998 :2nd British National Road Race Championships :2nd British National 3km Individual Pursuit Championship :4th Road Race, Commonwealth Games


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Louise 1963 births Living people Welsh female cyclists Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Wales Cyclists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Great Britain Sportspeople from Chatham, Kent Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games