Jon Ridgeon
Jonathan Ridgeon (Jonathan Peter " Jon" Ridgeon; born February 14, 1967 in Bury St Edmunds ) is a former British hurdler.
Ridgeon won the bronze medal in the 60 - meter hurdles at the IAAF World Indoor Games in Paris in 1985. The following year he was. During the first IAAF World Junior Championships in Athens in the 110- meter hurdles second behind his compatriot and eventual two -time world champion Colin Jackson The European Athletics Championships 1986 in Stuttgart, he finished sixth.
Perhaps his greatest sporting success came Ridgeon at the World Athletics Championships 1987 in Rome. About 110 meters hurdles he set a personal best of 13.29 seconds and won the silver medal behind defending champion Greg Foster from the United States. Shortly before Ridgeon had secured the title at the Universiade in Zagreb in exactly the same time.
In the Indoor Athletics Championships 1988 in Budapest Ridgeon finished third in 60 - meter hurdles in second place behind the Czechoslovaks Aleš Höffer. In the same year he was at the Olympic Games in Seoul fifth in the 110- meter hurdles. He then joined mainly to the 400 - meter hurdles. At the Athletics World Cup in 1992 in Havana, he took second place at the distance, at the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 he reached the semi-final round.
Jonathan Ridgeon is 1,83 m tall and weighed in his playing days 75 kg. He started for the Belgrave Harriers. After his retirement he worked as an athletics expert among other things, for Sky Sports and the BBC. He also serves in the management of sports event agency Fast Track.
Bests
- 50 m hurdles (Hall ): 6.58 s, March 14, 1992, Birmingham
- 60m hurdles (Hall ): 7.56 s, February 28, 1988, Budapest
- 110m hurdles: 13.29 s, July 15, 1987, Zagreb
- 400m hurdles: 48.73 s, September 6, 1992 Rieti