Laura Jones (born 4 January 1983) is a Welsh

hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consis ...

er. Jones was born in

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. Her personal best throw is 64.74 metres, achieved in August 2010 in

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. This places her seventh on the British outdoor all-time list, behind

Lorraine Shaw Lorraine Amanda Shaw (born 2 April 1968) is an English hammer thrower. Athletics career Shaw's personal best throw, and the previous British record, is 68.93 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Loughborough. She competed at four consecutive Commo ...

Shirley Webb Shirley Addison (née Webb) (born 28 September 1981) is a British former hammer thrower and performer in the ''Gladiators'' series as Battleaxe. She was born in Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear, England and is the daughter of Andrew Webb, a Scottish int ...

, Zoe Derham,

Carys Parry Carys Parry (born 24 July 1981) is a Welsh hammer thrower. Parry was born in Church Village, Rhondda Cynon Taf. She finished sixth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne with a personal best throw of 61.80 metres. Her current personal be ...

Sophie Hitchon Sophie Hitchon (born 11 July 1991) is a retired British hammer thrower. She is the British record-holder with a throw of 74.54 metres, set when winning the Olympic bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Games, Great Britain's first ever Olympic medal i ...

and

Sarah Holt Sarah Holt (born 17 April 1987) is a British athlete who specializes in the hammer throw, her personal best is 68.97m. She was born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Holt has represented Great Britain Athletics Team consistently since ...

. Jones is also ranked second all-time amongst Welsh throwers, behind Parry.
– Power of 10 She represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games for a third consecutive time in 2010. Laura now teaches at a primary school in Cheshire. Since this series of events, she has been married and is now known as Laura Jones.

International competitions

References

2006 Commonwealth Games profile
1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Wrexham Welsh female hammer throwers British female hammer throwers Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{Wales-athletics-bio-stub