Zoe Wilkinson
| Zoe Jones | |
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Jones/Boyadji in June 2016
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| Personal information | |
| Alternative names | Zoe Wilkinson Zoe Wood |
| Country represented | United Kingdom |
| Born |
14 January 1980 Swindon, England |
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) |
| Partner | Christopher Boyadji |
| Former coach | Joy Sutcliffe, Lesley Norfolk-Pearce |
| Former choreographer | Joy Sutcliffe |
| Former skating club | Centrum Ayr |
| Training locations | Swindon |
| Former training locations | Ayr |
| Began skating | 1986 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 143.42 2017 Europeans |
| Short program | 52.32 2017 Europeans |
| Free skate | 91.10 2017 Europeans |
Zoe Jones, formerly Wood and Wilkinson (born 14 January 1980) is a British figure skater. She is a two-time (2000, 2001) British national champion in ladies' singles. She reached the free skate at three ISU Championships and qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympics, but could not compete because of injury.
Zoe Jones was born on 14 January 1980 in Swindon, England. She was raised in Freshbrook. She is divorced from Dody Wood and now married to Matthew Wilkinson. She is the mother of twin girls, Zarah and Zinia, born in 2007, and a boy, Zkai, born c. 2012. She lived in Canada for almost ten years before returning to England. She used the surname Wood until 2015, then Wilkinson before returning to Jones by December 2016.
Jones began skating at age five at the Link Centre in Swindon. Early in her career, she was coached by Lesley Norfolk-Pearce.
In late 1995, Jones represented the U.K. at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Brisbane, Australia, and reached the final segment by placing 10th in qualifying group A and then 19th in the short program. She finished 22nd in the free skate and overall. In late 1996, she appeared at the 1997 World Junior Championships in Seoul, South Korea. She placed 20th in the short, 17th in the free, and 18th overall. She was less successful at the 1997 World Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland, being eliminated after placing 18th in qualifying group B.
In October 1997, Jones competed at the Karl Schäfer Memorial, the final opportunity to qualify for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. By finishing 6th, she earned an Olympic spot for the U.K., however, the British Olympic Association had additional requirements – a certain number of triple jumps at the British Championships. Jones sustained a torn hamstring a week before nationals and spent a year recovering.
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