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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 K1 team
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Bourg St.-Maurice K1
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona K1
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Tacen K1
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Nottingham K1 team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1996 Augsburg K1 team

Elisabeth Micheler-Jones (born 30 April 1966 in Augsburg) is a West German-German slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in the K1 event in Barcelona in 1992.

Micheler-Jones also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (K1: 1991 for Germany, K1 team: 1987 for West Germany) and two bronzes (K1: 1987 for West Germany, K1 team: 1995 for Germany). She also has a silver from K1 team event at the 1996 European Championships in Augsburg.

Her husband, Melvyn Jones of Great Britain, finished seventh in the K1 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Cup individual podiums

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1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
K1 4 3 3 10
Season Date Venue Position Event
1990 12 August 1990 Augsburg 1st K1
25 August 1990 Tacen 2nd K1
1991 7 July 1991 Augsburg 1st K1
1992 23 February 1992 Launceston 1st K1
1993 1 August 1993 Augsburg 3rd K1
31 August 1993 Ocoee 3rd K1
1995 25 June 1995 Prague 2nd K1
2 July 1995 Tacen 3rd K1
1996 21 April 1996 Ocoee 2nd K1
16 June 1996 Augsburg 1st K1

References

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  • DatabaseOlympics.com profile
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elisabeth Micheler-Jones". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15.