Jenny Jones (snowboarder)

Jenny Jones
	Jenny Jones at the podium of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi
Personal information
Born	3 July 1980 (age 43) ; Bristol , England
Height	5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Weight	134 lb (61 kg)
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Snowboarding
Event	Slopestyle
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2014 (3rd)
Medal record
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
Winter X Games
Winter X Games Europe
New Zealand Winter Games

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]

Early life [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

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 Rukajarvi 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]

References [ edit ]

^ "Jenny Jones" . British Ski and Snowboarding. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014 . Retrieved 4 January 2014 .
^ ^a ^b "Jenny Jones wins snowboard slopestyle bronze medal at Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics" . The Daily Telegraph . London. 9 February 2014 . Retrieved 11 February 2014 .
^ "Sochi 2014: Jenny Jones wins historic British slopestyle bronze" . BBC Sport . Retrieved 9 February 2014 .
^ UPDATE 1-Olympics-Snowboarding-Snow joke ? Britain wins a medal at last | Reuters
^ "Emotional Jones collects bronze and earns place in history" . TEAM GB . Retrieved 9 February 2014 .
^ "Jenny Jones ? the story of an Olympic medallist" . BBC Sport . 9 February 2014 . Retrieved 9 February 2014 .
^ "Jenny Jones wins slopestyle silver for Britain at World Cup" . BBC Sport . 19 August 2013 . Retrieved 4 January 2014 .
^ "Sochi 2014: Jenny Jones relishes historic bronze medal for GB" . BBC Sport . Retrieved 11 February 2014 .
^ "Jenny Jones' Extreme ? new on Radio 5 live" . BBC . 16 October 2014 . Retrieved 18 October 2014 .
^ "C4 announces the line-up of daring celebs in training for The Jump" . channel4.com . 10 December 2014 . Retrieved 6 February 2015 .
^ "Jenny Jones - Interview with a British Snowboard Legend" . dryrobe Europe . 16 March 2022 . Retrieved 2 July 2023 .

External links [ edit ]

Jenny Jones at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
Jenny Jones at the X Games (archived)
Jenny Jones at Olympics.com
Jenny Jones at Olympedia
Jenny Jones at Team GB
Jenny Jones at bbc.co.uk

[BSSProf-1] "Jenny Jones" . British Ski and Snowboarding. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014 . Retrieved 4 January 2014 .

[Telg10626896-2] "Jenny Jones wins snowboard slopestyle bronze medal at Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics" . The Daily Telegraph . London. 9 February 2014 . Retrieved 11 February 2014 .

[3] "Sochi 2014: Jenny Jones wins historic British slopestyle bronze" . BBC Sport . Retrieved 9 February 2014 .

[4] UPDATE 1-Olympics-Snowboarding-Snow joke ? Britain wins a medal at last | Reuters

[5] "Emotional Jones collects bronze and earns place in history" . TEAM GB . Retrieved 9 February 2014 .

[BBC24733141-6] "Jenny Jones ? the story of an Olympic medallist" . BBC Sport . 9 February 2014 . Retrieved 9 February 2014 .

[BBC23754443-7] "Jenny Jones wins slopestyle silver for Britain at World Cup" . BBC Sport . 19 August 2013 . Retrieved 4 January 2014 .

[8] "Sochi 2014: Jenny Jones relishes historic bronze medal for GB" . BBC Sport . Retrieved 11 February 2014 .

[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 .

[11] "Jenny Jones - Interview with a British Snowboard Legend" . dryrobe Europe . 16 March 2022 . Retrieved 2 July 2023 .

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