English hammer thrower (born 1963)
Mick Jones
Born (1963-07-23 ) 23 July 1963 (age 61) London , Greater London , EnglandSport Athletics Club Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers, London
Michael David Jones (born 23 July 1963) is an English retired athlete who competed in the hammer throw .
Athletics career
Jones competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics finishing in 22nd place.[ 1]
He appeared at five Commonwealth Games . He represented England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh , Scotland [ 2] [ 3] and eight years later represented England , at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria , British Columbia , Canada .[ 4] [ 5] A third games appearance ensued representing England , at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia , where he won a silver medal in the hammer.[ 6] [ 7] Four years later he won the gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester , beating New Zealand 's Philip Jensen before finishing in fifth place at the 2006 Commonwealth Games .[ 8]
Jones competed in British athletics for over 20 years and captained the Great Britain team to victories in the European Cup . He is the all-time fourth-farthest British thrower in the hammer.
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