Jon Eley (born 19 August 1984 in

Solihull Solihull ( ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Solihull is situated on the River Blythe in the Arden, Warwickshire, Forest of Arden ar ...

) is a British

short track speed skater Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice skating, ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the s ...

who competed at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...

, the

2010 Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ...

and the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...

. Eley finished fifth in the

500 metres The 500 metres is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field and road running Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road. This differs from track and field on a regular track a ...

Torino Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...

, and was a member of the British team that finished sixth in the 5000 metre relay in

Vancouver Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the cit ...

. Eley was part of the British 5,000m relay team that broke the world record in February 2011. On 6 February 2014 it was announced that Eley would be the flagbearer for the Great Britain team at the

in Sochi, Russia. After retiring, he took up a role as Performance & Talent Manager for British Ice Skating.

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* * * * 1984 births Living people British male short-track speed skaters Olympic short-track speed skaters for Great Britain Short-track speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Short-track speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Short-track speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Solihull World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists 21st-century British sportsmen {{UK-speed-skating-bio-stub