Jenny Jones (snowboarder)
Jenny Jones (right) at the podium of 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi
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| Born | 3 July 1980 Bristol, England |
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| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 134 lb (61 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Slopestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 2014 (3rd) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Jenny Jones (born 3 July 1980) is a British professional snowboarder[1] who became the first Briton to win an Olympic medal in a snow event after winning bronze in slopestyle at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.[2][3][4][5]
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Early life
Jones was born in Downend, Bristol. She attended The Ridings High School, a large secondary school located in the village of Winterbourne in South Gloucestershire. Having competed in athletics (400m, long jump, cross country) and gymnastics at school, aged 17 she learnt to ski on the dry ski slope in Churchill, Somerset, after they offered free skiing lessons.[6]
Career
After leaving college Jones spent a season working as a chalet maid in Tignes, France, beginning a cycle of snowboarding in the winter and surfing in the summer in Devon and Cornwall, which she funded via part-time jobs including inspecting cardboard in a factory and teaching fencing to children.
Jones won the X Games USA Gold in 2009 and 2010, and the X Games Europe Gold in 2010. In August 2013 Jones scored her first podium finish in a round of the FIS Snowboard World Cup, winning a silver in slopestyle in the 2013–14 season opening meeting in New Zealand.[7]
On 9 February 2014 she finished third behind Jamie Anderson and Enni Rukajärvi to win a bronze medal in the women's slopestyle event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.[2][8]
In October 2014 she started presenting Jenny Jones' Extreme, a monthly radio series for BBC Radio 5 Live showcasing extreme sports.[9] In December 2014 she was announced as one of the coaches for the second series of Channel 4's celebrity winter sports competition The Jump.[10]
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External links
- TEAM GB Profile
- Jenny Jones at bbc.co.uk
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- British snowboarders
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in snowboarding
- Olympic snowboarders of Great Britain
- Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from Bristol
- X Games athletes
