Allison Jones

United States of America

Alpine Skiing

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment

Limb deficiency

Origin of Impairment

Congenital

Classification

Further personal information

Family

Wife Sara Jarell

Residence

Colorado Springs, CO, USA

Occupation

Engineer

Languages

English

Higher education

Mechanical Engineering - University of Denver: United States

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

She took up competitive cycling at age 14.

Why this sport?

"In 1998 the Para cycling world championships were in Colorado Springs. I lived a stone's throw away. My mum brought me down to the races. I told her, 'this is what I want to do'. I learned to ride a track bike before I learned to ride a road bike."

Name of coach

Simon Bennett [national], AUS

General interest

Nicknames

Jonezy (teamusa.org, 05 Feb 2014)

Hobbies

Mountain biking, kayaking, hiking, rock climbing, camping, building Lego sets, collecting Coca-Cola bottles from around the world. (teamusa.org, Sep 2016)

Awards and honours

She was United States of America's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (myinfo.rio2016.com, 06 Sep 2016)

She received the Pioneer Award, which is the highest achievement an undergraduate of Denver University can receive. (usparalympics.org, 18 Oct 2011)

Other sports

She competed in cycling track and road at the Paralympic Games in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016, and participated in alpine skiing at the Paralympic Winter Games in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014. (SportsDeskOnline, 16 Sep 2016)

Impairment

She was born without a right femur. (usparalympics.org, 18 Oct 2011)

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

Salt Lake City 2002 Paralympic Winter Games (Salt Lake City, United States of America)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's Slalom LW2	Final Round	5
Women's Giant Slalom LW2	Final Round	2
Women's Super-G LW2	Final Round	2
Women's Downhill LW2	Final Round	5

Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's Track Individual Pursuit LC3-4/CP3	Qualifying	8
Women's Track 500m Time Trial LC3-4/CP3	Final Round	6
Women's Road Individual Time Trial LC3-4/CP3	Final Round	2

Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Road Bicycle Time Trial LC1-4/CP 3/4		Final Round		6
Women's Track 1 km Time Trial Bicycle LC1-4/CP 3/4		Final Round		4

Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games (Vancouver, Canada)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's Slalom Standing	Final Round	5
Women's Giant Slalom Standing	Final Round	9
Women's Super Combined Standing	Final Round	5
Women's Super-G Standing	Final Round	9
Women's Downhill Standing	Final Round	6

Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games (Torino, Italy)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's Downhill Standing	Final Round	7
Women's Super-G Standing	Final Round	4
Women's Giant Slalom Standing	Final Round	5
Women's Slalom Standing	Final Round	1

IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships (Kangwonland, South Korea)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Slalom Standing	Final	2009-02-20	2
Women's Giant Slalom Standing	Final	2009-02-21	6
Women's Super-Combined Standing	Final	2009-02-23	2
Women's Super-G Standing	Final	2009-02-23	5
Women's Super-G Standing	Run 2	2009-02-24	6

London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Individual Pursuit C1-3	Bronze	2012-08-30	3
Women's Individual Pursuit C1-3	Qualifying	2012-08-30	4
Women's 500 m Time Trial C1-3	Final Round	2012-09-01	4
Women's Time Trial C1-3	Final Round	2012-09-05	1
Women's Road Race C1-3	Final Round	2012-09-06	3

IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships (La Molina, Spain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Downhill Standing	Race 1	2013-02-20	8
Women's Super-G Standing	Race 1	2013-02-21	4
Women's Slalom Standing	Race 1	2013-02-24	9999
Women's Super-Combined Standing	Race 1	2013-02-25	4
Women's Giant Slalom Standing	Race 1	2013-02-26	8

Paralympic Winter Games 2014 (Sochi, Russia)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Downhill Standing	Final Round	2014-03-08	3
Women's Super-G Standing	Final Round	2014-03-10	4
Women's Slalom Standing	Final Round	2014-03-12	9999
Women's Super Combined Standing	Final Round	2014-03-14	4
Women's Giant Slalom Standing	Final Round	2014-03-16	4

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 3000m Individual Pursuit C1-3	Qualifying	2016-09-08	6
Women's 500m Time Trial C1-3	Final Round	2016-09-10	6
Women's Time Trial C1-3	Final Round	2016-09-14	5
Women's Road Race C1-3	Final Round	2016-09-16	4