sport.wikisort.org - AthleteMelanie Anne Jones (born 1963/1964) is a former New Zealand swimmer. She won a bronze medal competing for her country at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.
New Zealand swimmer
Melanie Jones
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Full name | Melanie Anne Jones |
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Born | 1963/1964 (age 58–59) |
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Spouse(s) | Geoff Walker
(m. 1990 ; died 1997 ) |
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Sport | Swimming |
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Strokes | Backstroke |
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Club | Wharenui Swimming Club, Christchurch |
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Swimming
A member of the Wharenui Swimming Club in Christchurch specialising in backstroke, Jones represented New Zealand at the 1978 and 1982 Commonwealth Games.[1] She was also selected in the New Zealand swimming team for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, but she was unable to compete because of the partial boycott by New Zealand.[2]
At the 1978 Commonwealth Games, Jones was ninth-fastest in the heats of the women's 100 metres backstroke and did not progress to the final.[3] However, in the women's 200 metres backstroke, she was the sixth-fastest swimmer in qualifying,[4] and went on the finish seventh in the final.[5] She was also a member of the New Zealand women's 4×100 metres freestyle relay team—with Andrea Hawcridge, Penny McCarthy, and Rebecca Perrott—that was disqualified and finished sixth in the final.[6]
Four years later, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Jones competed in the same three events. She was 11th and 10th, respectively, in the heats of the 100 metres and 200 metres backstroke, and consequently did not qualify for the finals.[7][8] Swimming with Gail Jonson, Kim Dewar, and Pamela Croad in the women's 4×100 metres freestyle relay, she won a bronze medal.[9]
Later life
Jones retired from competitive swimming after the Brisbane Commonwealth Games, and became a lawyer in Christchurch. In 1990, she married canoeist Geoff Walker, who was one of only four New Zealanders to compete at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. The couple had four children, before Walker suffered a brain tumour in 1997 and died 10 months later.[2]
References
1978 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team |
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Athletics |
- Paul Ballinger
- Barbara Beable
- Wendy Brown
- Rod Dixon
- Graeme French
- Howard Healey
- Noeline Hodgins
- Penny Hunt
- Terry Manners
- Phillip Mills
- Dennis Norris
- Mike O'Rourke
- Karen Page
- Mike Parker
- Ross Pownall
- Dick Quax
- Euan Robertson
- Kim Robertson
- Kevin Ryan
- Robert Sadler
- Graham Seatter
- Bevan Smith
- Robin Tait
- Heather Thomson
- Alan Thurlow
- Phil Wood
- Gail Wooten
- Alison Wright
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Badminton |
- Alison Branfield
- Ross Livingston
- Mary Livingston
- Bryan Purser
- Richard Purser
- Allison Sinton
- Steve Wilson
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Boxing |
- Gaulua Folasi
- David Jackson
- Ronald Jackson
- Dean Rackley
- Perry Rackley
- George Stankovich
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Cycling |
- Garry Bell
- Kevin Blackwell
- Stephen Cox
- Anthony Cuff
- Michael Fabish
- Vern Hanaray
- Neil Lyster
- Eric McKenzie
- Kevin McComb
- Mike Richards
- Blair Stockwell
- Jack Swart
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Diving | |
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Gymnastics |
- Lynette Brake
- Neil Davies
- Rowena Davis
- Kirsty Durward
- Deborah Hurst
- Gregory Robertson
- Terry Sale
- Richard Wilkins
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Lawn bowls |
- David Baldwin
- Kerry Clark
- Ivan Kostanich
- John Malcolm
- Bob McDonald
- Morgan Moffat
- Phil Skoglund
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Shooting |
- Ian Ballinger
- Brian Cumings
- Maurie Gordon
- John Hastie
- Brian Lacey
- Bruce Lassen
- Bruce McMillan
- Barry O'Neale
- Barrie Wickins
- John Woolley
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Swimming |
- Ian Bullock
- Andrea Hawcridge
- Gary Hurring
- Melanie Jones
- Penny McCarthy
- Brett Naylor
- Rebecca Perrott
- Paul Rowe
- Barry Salisbury
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Weightlifting |
- Rory Barrett
- Tony Ebert
- Brian Marsden
- Precious McKenzie
- George Newton
- Phillip Sue
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Wrestling |
- Murray Avery
- Robert Hoffman
- Raymond Katting
- Barry Oldridge
- Ken Reinsfield
- Stephen Robinson
- Nigel Sargent
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Team manager: Jack Prestney |
1982 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team |
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Archery |
- Neroli Fairhall
- Ann Shurrock
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Athletics |
- Anne Audain
- Peter Dyer
- Karen Forbes
- Terry Genge
- Michael Gilchrist
- Don Greig
- Pamela Hendren
- Noeline Hodgins
- David Hookway
- Christine Hughes
- Glenda Hughes
- Terry Lomax
- Neil Lowsley
- Kieran McKee
- Lorraine Moller
- Mike O'Rourke
- Jenny Overall
- Gary Palmer
- Mike Parker
- Peter Renner
- Kim Robertson
- Mark Robinson
- Janine Robson
- Dianne Rodger
- Tony Rogers
- Kevin Ryan
- Tim Soper
- Robin Tait
- Kevin Taylor
- Roger Te Puni
- John Walker
- Stephen Walsh
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Badminton |
- Chris Bullen
- Robin Denton
- Phil Horne
- John Miles
- Graeme Robson
- Allison Sinton
- Toni Whittaker
- Steve Wilson
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Boxing |
- Kevin Barry
- Apelu Ioane
- Billy Meehan
- Steven Renwick
- Michael Sykes
- Peter Warren
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Cycling |
- Craig Adair
- Clem Captein
- Stephen Carton
- Stephen Cox
- Anthony Cuff
- Brian Fowler
- Mike McRedmond
- Graeme Miller
- Murray Steele
- Blair Stockwell
- Roger Sumich
- Jack Swart
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Diving |
- Kay Cummings
- Ann Fargher
- Mark Graham
- Gary Lamb
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Lawn bowls |
- Peter Belliss
- Rowan Brassey
- Ian Dickison
- Pearl Dymond
- Morgan Moffat
- Danny O'Connor
- Joyce Osborne
- Jim Scott
- Jennie Simpson
- Phil Skoglund
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Shooting |
- Robin Collins
- Graham Geater
- Leon Griebel
- Rex Hamilton
- John Hastie
- Paul McGowan
- Jack Scott
- John Whiteman
- Barrie Wickins
- John Woolley
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Swimming | |
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Weightlifting |
- Peter Back
- Michael Bernard
- John Callaghan
- Kevin Judson
- Allister Nalder
- Phillip Sue
- Terry Williams
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Wrestling |
- Tony Goodrick
- Graeme Hawkins
- Chris Maddock
- Ken Reinsfield
- Steve Reinsfield
- Nigel Sargent
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