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Patricia Jones (16 October 1930 – 23 August 2000) was a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She was born in
Patricia Jones (16 October 1930 – 23 August 2000) was a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She was born in New Westminster
New Westminster (colloquially known as New West) is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It was founded by Major-General Richard Moody as the capita ...
. She competed for Canada in the 1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...
held in London, United Kingdom, in the 4 × 100 metres where she won the bronze medal with her teammates Viola Myers
Viola Lillian Myers (later Richardson, 1927 – November 15, 1993) was a Canadian sprinter who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics. She won a bronze medal in the 4×100 m relay and finished fourth in the individual 100 m. Myers started training ...
, Nancy MacKay and Diane Foster. Their 47.8-second time compares to the winning 47.5 seconds of the Netherlands and the 47.7 of the Australian team. In the individual 100 metres final she finished fifth, just behind Myers, both recording 12.3-second times against the winning 11.9-second run of Netherlands' Fanny Blankers-Koen
Francina "Fanny" Elsje Blankers-Koen (26 April 1918 – 25 January 2004) was a Dutch track and field athlete, best known for winning four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She competed there as a 30-year-old mother of two, earn ...
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1930 births 2000 deaths Canadian female sprinters Sportspeople from New Westminster Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic female sprinters 20th-century Canadian women Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games {{Canada-Olympic-medalist-stub