Running Through My Life - Autobiography of the Record-Breaking Welsh Sprinter — Autobiography of the record-breaking Welsh sprinter

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Roedd y rhedwr Ron Jones yn un o athletwyr gorau Cymru. Cipiodd 28 record am y sbrint, 12 teitl Cymreig a phedair medal yn Chwaraeon y Gymanwlad. Ef oedd capten tîm athletau Prydain yn y Chwaraeon Olympaidd yn 1968, cyn symud ymlaen i fod yn Brif Weithredwr un o glybiau pêl-droed Lloegr.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Runner Ron Jones was one of the all-time greats of Welsh athletics, with 28 Welsh sprint records, 12 Welsh titles, and four Commonwealth Games to his name. He captained the British athletics team at the 1968 Olympics, before going on to become the first Chief Executive of an English soccer club.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Sprinter Ron Jones (1934-2021) was one of the all-time greats of Welsh athletics, breaking a host of records and captaining the British athletics team at the Mexico Olympics in 1968. After retiring from athletics, he headed the boards of first Queens Park Rangers and then Cardiff City football clubs, before becoming director of SportsAid Cymru Wales. He was inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame in 2013, and in 2018 he offically opened the Ron Jones Athletics Stadium in Aberdare.