Elisabeth Micheler-Jones

Elisabeth Micheler-Jones

Medal record
Women's canoe slalom
Representing West Germany
World Championships
Gold medal – first place	1987 Bourg St.-Maurice	K1 team
Bronze medal – third place	1987 Bourg St.-Maurice	K1
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place	1992 Barcelona	K1
World Championships
Gold medal – first place	1991 Tacen	K1
Bronze medal – third place	1995 Nottingham	K1 team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place	1996 Augsburg	K1 team

Elisabeth Micheler-Jones (born 30 April 1966 in Augsburg) is a West German-German slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in the K1 event in Barcelona in 1992. Micheler-Jones also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (K1: 1991 for Germany, K1 team: 1987 for West Germany) and two bronzes (K1: 1987 for West Germany, K1 team: 1995 for Germany). She also has a silver from K1 team event at the 1996 European Championships in Augsburg. Her husband, Melvyn Jones of Great Britain, finished seventh in the K1 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Cup individual podiums

	1st place, gold medalist(s)	2nd place, silver medalist(s)	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Total
K1	4	3	3	10

Season	Date	Venue	Position	Event
1990	12 August 1990	Augsburg	1st	K1
	25 August 1990	Tacen	2nd	K1
1991	7 July 1991	Augsburg	1st	K1
1992	23 February 1992	Launceston	1st	K1
1993	1 August 1993	Augsburg	3rd	K1
	31 August 1993	Ocoee	3rd	K1
1995	25 June 1995	Prague	2nd	K1
	2 July 1995	Tacen	3rd	K1
1996	21 April 1996	Ocoee	2nd	K1
	16 June 1996	Augsburg	1st	K1

References

• DatabaseOlympics.com profile
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elisabeth Micheler-Jones". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15.