Barbara Jones (athlete)

Barbara Jones

Jones (2nd right) at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born March 26, 1937 (1937-03-26) (age 79)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater Tennessee State University
Height 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Sprint
Club TSU Tigers, Nashville
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 100 m – 11.5 (1955)
200 m – 25.0 (1953)[1][2]
Medal record
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
1952 Helsinki 4×100 m relay
1960 Rome 4×100 m relay
Pan American Games
1955 Mexico City 100 m
1955 Mexico City 4×100 m relay
1959 Chicago 4×100 m relay

Barbara Pearl Jones (later Slater, born March 26, 1937) is a retired American sprinter. She was part of the 4 × 100 m relay teams that won gold medals at the 1952 and 1960 Olympics and at the 1955 and 1959 Pan American Games. At the 1952 Olympics she became the youngest woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics, aged 15 years 123 days.[3] She later became a member of the U.S. Paralympic Games Committee.[1]

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  1. 1 2 Barbara Jones. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ Barbara Jones. trackfield.brinkster.net
  3. ↑ U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Kansas City, Missouri Public and Charter Schools Host 2nd Annual Double Dutch D. Kansas City Star (April 24, 2008)
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