Rhys Jones

Para athletics

Region

Tonypandy
Date of Birth

29/06/1994
Classification

T37 at Rio

Bio

Jones started athletics in 2009 and, after three years, qualified for a home Paralympic Games in London. Still only 18 at the time, the Welshman finished eighth in the T37 200m final.

Despite several injury problems in the years following London, Jones won bronze for Wales at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014 before winning another bronze medal on home soil at the European Championships in Swansea, a few miles from his home town.

Jones was selected for the team to represent Great Britain at the 2015 World Championships in Doha, where he reached the 100m final.

He made his second Paralympic Games appearance in 2016 and finished sixth in the 100m. A year later he went one better, finishing fifth at the World Championships in London.

Jones added a silver medal to his collection when he finished second in the T37 100m at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin.

Major Results

2018 World Para Athletics European Championships, Berlin, Germany

T37 100m: Silver

2014 IPC Athletics European Championships, Swansea, Wales

T37 100m: Bronze

2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Scotland

T37 100m: Bronze

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