Draft:Ayesha Jones
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||
| Born | (2006年10月07日) 7 October 2006 (age19) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||
Event | Javelin | ||||||||||||
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| Personalbest | Javelin: 51.86m (2025) | ||||||||||||
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Ayesha Jones (born 7 October 2006) is a British javelin thrower.[1]
Career
[edit ]From Milton Keynes, Jones is a member of Marshall Milton Keynes Athletics Club and started competing in athletics at seven years-old.[2] She was initially a sprinter before focusing on the javelin throw. She broke the Junior Commonwealth Games record in Trinidad and Tobago at the 2023 Youth Commonwealth Games in August 2023, throwing a junior personal best 52.49m.[3] [4]
She threw a senior personal best of 49.28m at the UK Winter Long Throws Championships, held in Loughborough in February 2024.[5] She competed at the Loughborough International in May 2024, throwing 51.66 metres.[6] [7]
She finished fourth in the senior 2024 British Athletics Championships in Manchester in June 2024, throwing 47.16 metres.[8] She was selected for the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, where she threw personal best 51.78 metres in the qualifying round and placed ninth in the final.[9] [10] [11]
In May 2025, she increased her personal best to 51.86 metres competing in Germany.[12] She was runner-up to Harriet Court at the English Schools championships the following month.[13]
References
[edit ]- ↑ "Ayesha Jones". World Athletics. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ↑ "Milton Keynes athletes inspired by Olympian Rutherford's success". BBC NEWS. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ↑ "How Ayesha Jones is breaking every record on her way to the top". Team England. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ↑ "Javelin star Jones cruises to gold in youth commonwealth games". Miltonkeynes.co.uk. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ↑ "NORRIS AND PAYNE AMONG WINNERS AT UK WINTER LONG THROWS CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ↑ "KJT shows fine early season form at Loughborough". Athletics Weekly. May 20, 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ↑ "Jones beats her own javelin record for GB Juniors". Miltonkeynes.co.uk. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ↑ "UK Championships". World Athletics. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ↑ "GB & NI SQUAD ANNOUNCED FOR THE WORLD ATHLETICS U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS LIMA 2024". British Athletics. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ↑ "GB & NI SQUAD ANNOUNCED FOR THE WORLD ATHLETICS U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS LIMA 2024". British Athletics. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ↑ "Koscak and Acklin set for heptathlon title battle, with one event to go in Lima". World Athletics. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ↑ "50. Halplus Werfertage". World Athletics. 23 May 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ↑ "ESAA English Schools Championships". World Athletics. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.