Michael David Jones (born 23 July 1963) is an English retired athlete who competed in the hammer throw.

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Mick Jones

Personal information
Born	(1963-07-23) 23 July 1963 (age 60) London, Greater London, England
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Club	Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers, London
Medal record Athletics Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur hammer 2002 Manchester hammer

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Jones competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics finishing in 22nd place.^[1]

He appeared at five Commonwealth Games. He represented England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland^[2][3] and eight years later represented England, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.^[4][5] A third games appearance ensued representing England, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he won a silver medal in the hammer.^[6][7] Four years later he won the gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, beating New Zealand's Philip Jensen before finishing in fifth place at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.^[8]

Jones competed in British athletics for over 20 years and captained the Great Britain team to victories in the European Cup. He is the all-time fourth-farthest British thrower in the hammer.