Patricia Jones (athlete), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
About Patricia Jones (athlete)
- Patricia Jones (16 October 1930 – 23 August 2000) was a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.
- She was born in New Westminster.
- She competed for Canada in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom, in the 4 × 100 metres where she won the bronze medal with her team mates Viola Myers, Nancy MacKay and Diane Foster.
- Their 47.8-second time compares to the winning 47.5 seconds of the Netherlands and the 47.7 of the Australian team.
- In the individual 100 metres final she finished fifth, just behind Myers, both recording 12.3-second times against the winning 11.9-second run of Netherlands' Fanny Blankers-Koen.
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