Jenny Jones (snowboarder)

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Jenny Jones
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Jenny Jones at the podium of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi
Personal information
Born (1980-07-03) 3 July 1980 (age 44)
Bristol, England
Height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Weight134 lb (61 kg)
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
Sport Snowboarding
Event Slopestyle
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals 2014 (3rd)
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Sochi Slopestyle
Winter X Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Aspen Slopestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Aspen Slopestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Aspen Slopestyle
Winter X Games Europe
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Tignes Slopestyle
New Zealand Winter Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 CardronaSlopestyle

Jenny Jones (born 3 July 1980) is a British professional snowboarder [1] who became the first Briton to win an Olympic medal in a snow event after winning bronze in slopestyle at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Early life

Jones was born in Downend, Bristol. She attended The Ridings High School, a large secondary school located in the village of Winterbourne in South Gloucestershire. Having competed in athletics (400m, long jump, cross country) and gymnastics at school, at age 17 she learnt to ski on the dry ski slope in Churchill, Somerset, after they offered free skiing lessons. [6]

Career

After leaving college Jones spent a season working as a chalet maid in Tignes, France, beginning a cycle of snowboarding in the winter and surfing in the summer in Devon and Cornwall, which she funded via part-time jobs including inspecting cardboard in a factory and teaching fencing to children.

Jones won the X Games USA Gold in 2009 and 2010, and the X Games

Europe Gold in 2010. In August 2013 Jones scored her first podium finish in a round of the FIS Snowboard World Cup, winning a silver in slopestyle in the 2013–14 season opening meeting in New Zealand. [7]

On 9 February 2014 she finished third behind Jamie Anderson and Enni Rukajärvi to win a bronze medal in the women's slopestyle event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. [2] [8]

In recognition of her achievements for British Snowsports, the Ski Club of Great Britain awarded her the Pery Medal in 2014.

In October 2014 she started presenting Jenny Jones' Extreme, a monthly radio series for BBC Radio 5 Live showcasing extreme sports. [9] In December 2014 she was announced as one of the coaches for the second series of Channel 4's celebrity winter sports competition The Jump . [10]

As of 2022 she is retired from competition, and presents on BBC Ski Sunday while also holding snowboarding workshops. She also covered the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing for the BBC. [11]

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References

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  4. UPDATE 1-Olympics-Snowboarding-Snow joke – Britain wins a medal at last | Reuters
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  9. "Jenny Jones' Extreme – new on Radio 5 live". BBC. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  10. "C4 announces the line-up of daring celebs in training for The Jump". channel4.com . 10 December 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
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