Rhys Jones (para-athlete)

Rhys Jones (born 30 June 1994) is a Paralympic athlete from Wales competing in category T37 sprinting events.

[1] From Clydach Vale, Rhondda Jones was born in Church Village near Pontypridd in Wales in 1994.

Jones, who has cerebral palsy, played football for a pan-disability side before switching to athletics after attending a Disability Sports Wales trial.

He followed his first Paralympic Games by qualifying for this 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon finishing 7th in the 100m and 8th in the 200m.

[3] The following year Jones was named in the Great Britain team for the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha.