Hayley Jones (cyclist)

For the British athlete, see Hayley Jones (athlete).
Hayley Jones

Jones in 2016.
Personal information
Full name Hayley Louise Jones
Born (1995-09-26) 26 September 1995
Neath, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
Height 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight 64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st)[1]
Team information
Current team Team Breeze
Discipline Track & Road
Role Rider
Rider type Pursuitist
Amateur team(s)
2004–2012 Port Talbot Wheelers
2013 Node 4-Giordana Racing[2]
2016 Team Breeze
Infobox last updated on
11 July 2016

Hayley Louise Jones (born 26 September 1995) is a Welsh racing cyclist from Port Talbot, Wales, who currently rides for Team Breeze. She was a member of the record breaking, gold medal winning, British team pursuit squad at the Juniors world championships in 2013.

Early career

Hayley Jones is the daughter of Phil and Louise Jones, the sprint gold medalist for Wales at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.

Jones is part of British Cycling's Olympic Development Programme for 2012/2013.[3]

She was a member of the bronze medal winning British team pursuit squad at the Junior world championships in 2012. That year, she was living with her family in Brisbane, Australia,[4] Jones teamed up with Taylah Jennings and Alexandra O'Dea, to win gold in the junior team pursuit at the Australian National Track Championships.

On 8 August 2013, at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, Jones competed at the UCI Juniors Track World Championships. She was part of Britain's Team Pursuit squad which also included Amy Hill, Emily Kay and Emily Nelson. In the qualifying heat, they broke the world record which had only been set a few weeks previously at the European Track Championships, setting a new time of 4:38.708. In the final, they broke the record once more, with a time of 4:35.085, beating Russia to become world champions.[5] She then went on to win Bronze in the 20 km Points Race..

Jones represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, 2014,[6] finishing 20th in the points race.[1]

Palmarès

2012
3rd Team Pursuit, UCI Track World Championships, Juniors (with Elinor Barker & Amy Roberts)
1st Team Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships (with Taylah Jennings & Alexandra O'Dea)
2013
1st Team Pursuit, UCI Track World Championships, Juniors (with Amy Hill, Emily Kay & Emily Nelson)

3rd Pointr Race 2013 UCI Juniors Track World Championships

3rd Points race, British National Track Championships - Junior

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hayley Jones: Biography". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
  2. ↑ "Individual/Points". British Cycling. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Road To 2016: British Cycling confirm athletes on 2012/13 Olympic Performance Programmes". British Cycling. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Rebeca Ransom (21 August 2012). "Wales' Junior cyclists compete at 2012 UCI Junior Track World Championships". Welsh Cycling. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  5. ↑ Abby Burton (9 August 2013). "Great Britain's juniors take two world titles and a new world record in Glasgow". Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Commonwealth Games 2014: Olympic champion Geraint Thomas and world sprint star Becky James head up Welsh cycling team for Glasgow". Wales Online. 2014-07-09.
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