Frankie Jones (gymnast)
| Frankie Jones | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Francesca Victoria R. Jones |
| Nickname(s) | Frankie Frankenstein |
| Born | 9 November 1990 Kettering, Northamptonshire |
| Gymnastics career | |
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics |
| Country represented |  United Kingdom Wales |
| Club | City of Birmingham Gymnastics Club |
| Retired | 2014 |
Medal record | |
Francesca Victoria R. Jones[1] (born 9 November 1990) is a retired Welsh rhythmic gymnast who represented Wales at three successive Commonwealth Games. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games Jones won both the Ribbon event in rhythmic gymnastics and the David Dixon Award.
Career
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At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Jones finished 12th overall in the individual all-around competition. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Francesca again represented Wales in the rhythmic gymnastic competition, this time finishing in 4th place overall and winning the event's prestigious silver medal in the hoop discipline.[2] At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she was a member of the silver-medal-winning team from Wales, and also won gold in the individual ribbon, and silver medals in the individual hoop, ball and clubs, as well as silver in the individual all-around.[3]
Jones also represented Great Britain in rhythmic gymnastics as an allocated host entry berth in the 2012 Summer Olympics where she finished in last place amongst 24 gymnasts. Her routine was set to "The Bird and the Worm" by The Used.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frankie Jones". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
Full name: Francesca Victoria R. "Frankie" Jones
- ^ Longmore, Andrew. "Frankie's fairytale ending". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Francesca JONES Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "Our Athletes". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
External links
[edit]- Francesca Jones at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Francesca Jones at British Gymnastics at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 August 2016)
- Francesca Jones at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Francesca Jones at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Francesca Jones at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Francesca Jones at Olympics.com
- Frankie Jones at Olympedia (archive)
- Frankie Jones at Team GB
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