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| Born | 23 July 1963 London, Greater London, England | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers, London | |||||||||||||||||
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Michael David Jones (born 23 July 1963 in London, Greater London) is an English retired athlete who competed in the hammer throw.
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.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing  Great Britain and  England
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| 1986 | Commonwealth Games | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 4th | 70.10 m |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 22nd (q) | 70.38 m |
| 1994 | Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada | 4th | 68.42 m |
| 1998 | Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 2nd | 74.02 m |
| 2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 27th (q) | 73.31 m |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, United Kingdom | 1st | 72.55 m |
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 5th | 70.09 m |
