Susan Jean Jones (born May 12, 1948), also known by her married name Suzy Roy, is an American former competition

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, Olympic swimmer and former World Record Holder. Suzy Jones was born in

Palo Alto, California Palo Alto (; Spanish language, Spanish for "tall stick") is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a Sequoia sempervirens, coastal redwood tree kno ...

. She trained under coach

George Haines George Frederick Haines (March 9, 1924 – May 1, 2006) was a swimmer and swimming coach who coached at the Santa Clara Swim Club, Stanford University and UCLA. He also coached for seven U.S. Olympic swim teams. He was inducted into the In ...

at the

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in Santa Clara, California. Jones represented the United States at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

in Mexico City.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes
Suzy Jones
Retrieved October 21, 2012. She swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4x100 medley relay, but did not receive a medal under the 1968 Olympic rules because she did not swim in the event final. She also competed in the semifinals of the women's 100-meter breaststroke, finishing in 10th place with a time of 1:18.6.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games
Women's 100 metres Breaststroke Semi-Finals
Retrieved October 21, 2012. Life after competition swimming Jones continued to stay active in swimming for over 50 years as a competitor, coach and swim instructor. She continues teaching at the present time. She competed in US Masters swimming for 25 years. Susan set 30 USMS records between the years of 1976-2001, in the 50, 100, and 200 yards/meters breaststroke events and 100yards/meters Individual Medley. Jones also set 7 Masters World Records in the breaststroke events from 1986-2001. Jones married in 1975 and has four sons and three grandchildren.

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1948 births Living people American female breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for the United States Sportspeople from Palo Alto, California Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics University of California, Los Angeles alumni 20th-century American women {{US-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub