Jonathan Jones (born 6 February 1999) is a sprinter from

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. He qualified for the

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in 2019 when at the

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Outdoor Track and Field Championships, he finished fourth in the men's

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final with a then-new national record time of 44.64 seconds. He won the 400 m gold medal in the 2021 NACAC U23 Championships. While competing in the 2020 Summer Games 400m races, Jones qualified from his heat before running 45.61 to finish eighth in his semi-final. He won the 400m final at the Big 12 Championships, held at Fuller Track & Field Stadium in Lubbock, Texas, on May 15, 2022. His time of 44.43s established a new personal best and Barbadian National record. Jones reached the final of the

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with the sixth fastest time of the heats. In the final, Jones finished eighth. At the

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, Jones collected a bronze medal in the Men's 400m, with a time of 44.89s. Selected for the

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, he competed in the

. He ran as part of the Barbadian 4x400m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in

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* (Track & Field Results Reporting System) * * * 1999 births Living people Barbadian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Barbados Texas Longhorns men's track and field athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Barbados Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Barbados Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{Caribbean-athletics-bio-stub