Melvyn Jones
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Melvyn Jones is a British
slalom canoer who competed in the 1990s. He won two medals at the 1993 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
in Mezzana
with a gold in the K-1 team and a bronze in the K-1 events.
Jones also finished seventh in the K-1
event at the 1992 Summer Olympics
in Barcelona
.
His wife, Elisabeth
, won a gold medal for Germany
in the women's K-1 event
at those same games.
Great Britain
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slalom canoer who competed in the 1990s. He won two medals at the 1993 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
1993 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 1993 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Mezzana, Italy under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the first time that the Czech Republic and Slovakia competed as separate nations following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia earlier that...
in Mezzana
Mezzana
Mezzana may refer to several Italian towns:* Mezzana a municipality in Trentino* Mezzana Bigli in the province of Pavia* Mezzana Mortigliengo in Piedmont* Mezzana Rabattone in the province of Pavia...
with a gold in the K-1 team and a bronze in the K-1 events.
Jones also finished seventh in the K-1
Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's slalom K-1
These are the results of the men's K-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by one-man kayaks through a whitewater course. The venue for the 1992 Olympic competition was at La Seu d'Urgell....
event at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
.
His wife, Elisabeth
Elisabeth Micheler-Jones
Elisabeth Micheler-Jones is a West German-German slalom canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s...
, won a gold medal for Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
in the women's K-1 event
Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's slalom K-1
These are the results of the women's K-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by one-person kayaks through a whitewater course. The venue for the 1992 Olympic competition was in La Seu d'Urgell.-Medalists:-Results:The 26 competitors each took two runs...
at those same games.