Hayes Jones
American athlete (born 1938) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hayes Wendell Jones (born August 4, 1938) is an American former athlete, winner of the 110 m hurdles event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was born in Starkville, Mississippi.
Personal information | |
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Full name | Hayes Wendell Jones |
Born | August 4, 1938 (1938-08-04) (age 85) Starkville, Mississippi, U.S. |
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
Weight | 168 lb (76 kg) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Sprint, hurdles, high jump, long jump |
Club | Detroit Varsity Club |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 100 yd – 9.4 (1957) 220yd – 20.9 (1959) 110 mH – 13.4 (1962) HJ – 1.93 m (1957) LJ – 7.31 m (1957)[1][2] |
Medal record |
Jones first major title was the 120 yd (110 m) hurdles at the 1958 AAU championships. He won four more AAU titles: 1960 and 1964 in 110 m hurdles and 1961 and 1963 in 120 yd (110 m) hurdles.
In 1959, Jones, as an Eastern Michigan University representative, won the NCAA titles in 120 yd (110 m) and 220 yd (200 m) hurdles, following his first major international experience, when he won the 110 m hurdles at the Pan American Games.
A year later, at the Rome Olympics he was third behind teammates Lee Calhoun and Willie May, after which many observers believed he had reached his peak performance. But he returned to the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, where he won the gold medal and his teammate Blaine Lindgren won the silver. Jones also ran on a 4 × 100 m relay team that set a world record in 1961.[1]
After retiring from competition, Jones became New York City's director of recreation in 1967. He has worked for American Airlines and owned his own baggage check-in service at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.