Jenny Jones (snowboarder)
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Born | Bristol, England | 3 July 1980|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 134 lb (61 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Snowboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Slopestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | 2014 (3rd) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jenny Jones (born 3 July 1980) is a British professional
Early life
Jones was born in
Career
After leaving college Jones spent a season working as a
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 recognition of her achievements for British Snowsports, the Ski Club of Great Britain awarded her the Pery Medal in 2014.
In October 2014 she started presenting Jenny Jones' Extreme, a monthly radio series for
As of 2022 she is retired from competition, and presents on BBC Ski Sunday while also holding snowboarding workshops. She also covered the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing for the BBC.[11]
References
- ^ "Jenny Jones". British Ski and Snowboarding. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ a b "Jenny Jones wins snowboard slopestyle bronze medal at Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics". The Daily Telegraph. London. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ^ "Sochi 2014: Jenny Jones wins historic British slopestyle bronze". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ UPDATE 1-Olympics-Snowboarding-Snow joke – Britain wins a medal at last | Reuters
- ^ "Emotional Jones collects bronze and earns place in history". TEAM GB. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ "Jenny Jones – the story of an Olympic medallist". BBC Sport. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ "Jenny Jones wins slopestyle silver for Britain at World Cup". BBC Sport. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ "Sochi 2014: Jenny Jones relishes historic bronze medal for GB". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ^ "Jenny Jones' Extreme – new on Radio 5 live". BBC. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- channel4.com. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ "Jenny Jones - Interview with a British Snowboard Legend". dryrobe Europe. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
External links
- Jenny Jones at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Jenny Jones at the X Games (archived)
- Jenny Jones at Olympics.com
- Jenny Jones at Olympedia
- Jenny Jones at Team GB
- Jenny Jones at bbc.co.uk