Alwyn Jones (born 28 February 1985) is an Australian

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er. Jones was born in Australia. He attended

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. He finished fifth at the 2004 World Junior Championships, won the bronze medal at the

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and finished eighth at the

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. Jones is also a nine-time national champion. His personal best is 16.83 metres, achieved when he won the 2009 Australian Championships in

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1985 births Living people Australian male triple jumpers World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Australian Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Australian sportsmen Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub