Ruth Martin-Jones
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (Welsh) |
| Born | 28 January 1947 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Long jumper, heptathlete |
| Club | Birchfield Harriers |
Medal record | |
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Ruth Martin-Jones (also known as Ruth Swinhoe and Ruth Howell, born 28 January 1947)[1] is a former long jumper and heptathlete.[2]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Martin–Jones is from Oswestry and attended the University of Birmingham, taking a[3] French PhD.[4] By 1972 she was teaching in Beaconsfield.[5]
Martin–Jones finished third behind Sheila Sherwood in the long jump event and second behind Ann Wilson in the pentathlon at the 1972 WAAA Championships.[6][7]
She competed for Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, finishing 28th in the long jump event. She was the first Welsh women to compete at the Olympic Games.[1]
At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, she won a bronze medal competing for Wales. Her jump was equal to silver medalist Brenda Eisler, but Eisler had a better second jump.[1][8] later that Summer she became the British long jump champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1974 WAAA Championships.[9]
She also competed at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, and the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton.[1] In 1978, Martin-Jones won the first heptathlon event in the world at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham.[1]
In 2016, Martin-Jones was inducted into the Welsh Athletics Hall of Fame.[10]
See also
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- ^ Birmingham Daily Post Monday 25 May 1970, page 6
- ^ Birmingham Daily Post Wednesday 7 June 1972, page 15
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Ruth Martin-Jones at World AthleticsLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1947 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Birmingham
- Sportspeople from Gwynedd
- Sportspeople from Oswestry
- British women long jumpers
- British heptathletes
- Welsh women long jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales
- Commonwealth Games athletes for Wales
- Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- People from Criccieth
- Competitors at the 1970 Summer Universiade
- Welsh heptathletes
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics
- British athletics biography stubs
- Welsh sportspeople stubs