Barbara Jones (sprinter)

{{short description|American sprinter}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2020}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Barbara Jones

| image = Wilma Rudolph, Lucinda Williams, Barbara Jones, Martha Hudson 1960.jpg

| image_size = 270 px

| caption = Jones (2nd right) at the 1960 Olympics

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|03|26}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| alma_mater = Tennessee State University

| height=171 cm

| weight = 60 kg

| sport = Athletics

| event= Sprint

| club = TSU Tigers, Nashville

| pb = 100 m – 11.5 (1955)
200 m – 25.0 (1953)

| headercolor = lightsteelblue

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}

{{MedalOlympics}}

{{MedalGold| 1952 Helsinki | 4 × 100 m relay}}

{{MedalGold| 1960 Rome | 4 × 100 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1955 Mexico City | 100 m}}

{{MedalGold| 1955 Mexico City | 4 × 100 m relay}}

{{MedalGold| 1959 Chicago | 4 × 100 m relay}}

}}

Barbara Pearl Jones (later Slater, born March 26, 1937) is a retired American sprinter. She was part of the 4 × 100 m relay teams that won gold medals at the 1952 and 1960 Olympics and at the 1955 and 1959 Pan American Games. At the 1952 Olympics she became the youngest woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics, aged 15 years 123 days.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110717073942/http://pressreleases.kcstar.com/?q=node%2F7592 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Kansas City, Missouri Public and Charter Schools Host 2nd Annual Double Dutch D]. Kansas City Star (April 24, 2008) She later became a member of the U.S. Paralympic Games Committee.