Gareth Bryan-Jones

{{short description|British middle-distance runner}}

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{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Gareth Bryan-Jones

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| nationality = British (English)

| sport = Athletics

| event = Middle-distance running/Steeplechase

| club = Edinburgh Southern Harriers

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|2|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = West Kirby, England

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| height =182 cm

| weight =68 kg

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David Gareth Bryan-Jones (born 25 February 1943) is a British middle-distance runner who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/gareth-bryan-jones-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041453/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/gareth-bryan-jones-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Gareth Bryan-Jones Olympic Results |accessdate=22 November 2017}}

Biography

Bryan-Jones ran for Edinburgh Southern Harriers{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19700119/277/0012 |title=Cross-Country |work=The Scotsman |date=19 January 1970 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 April 2025}} and became the British steeplechase champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1968 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000729/19680714/220/0021 |title=White City results |work=The People |date=14 July 1968 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 May 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=11 May 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=11 May 2025}}

Later that year at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, he represented Great Britain in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68921 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=10 May 2025}}

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