Elisabeth Micheler-Jones

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Elisabeth Micheler-Jones
Medal record
Women's canoe slalom
Representing  West Germany
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 Bourg St.-Maurice K-1 team
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Bourg St.-Maurice K-1
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona K-1
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Tacen K-1
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Nottingham K-1 team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1996 Augsburg K-1 team

Elisabeth Micheler-Jones (born 30 April 1966 in Augsburg) is a West German-German slalom canoer who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in the K-1 event in Barcelona in 1992.

Micheler-Jones also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (K-1: 1991 for Germany, K-1 team: 1987 for West Germany) and two bronzes (K-1: 1987 for West Germany, K-1 team: 1995 for Germany). She also has a silver from K-1 team event at the 1996 European Championships in Augsburg.

Her husband, Melvyn of Great Britain, finished seventh in the K-1 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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