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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 October 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Javelin | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Javelin: 51.66m (Loughborough, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Ayesha Jones (born 7 October 2006) is a British javelin thrower.[1]
Career
editFrom Milton Keynes, she 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]
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.