Jon Ridgeon is pictured above in action at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta where he reached the semi final.
Brief outline of hsi hurdling career over both distances.
1985 World Indoor Games Paris, France 3rd 60 m hurdles 7.70 sec
1985 European Junior Championships Cottbus, Germany 1st 110 m hurdles 13.46
1986 World Junior Championships Athens, Greece 2nd 110 m hurdles 13.91
1986 Commonwealth Games Edinburgh, Scotland 5th 110 m hurdles 13.76
1986 European Championships Stuttgart, Germany 6th 110 m hurdles 13.70
1987 World Student Games (Universiade) Zagreb, Croatia 1st 110 m hurdles 13.29
1987 World Championships Rome, Italy 2nd 110 m hurdles 13.29
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 5th 110 m hurdles 13.52
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 4th 60 m hurdles 7.78
1992 World Cup Havana, Cuba 2nd 400 m hurdles 49.01
1996 European Cup Madrid, Spain 2nd 400 m hurdles 49.84
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States semi-final 400 m hurdles 49.43
Personal bests
110m H - 13.29 (Zagreb, Croatia, 15 Jul 1987)
400m H - 48.73 (Rieti, Italy, 6 Sep 1992)
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Jon Ridgeon is pictured above in the Final of the 110m hurdles in Rome alongside
Jack Pierce and the winner Greg Foster.
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| Men's 110m. Hurdles Final. World Athletics Championships 1987 |
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| 1. Greg FOSTER |
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USA |
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13.21 |
| 2. Jon RIDGEON |
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GBR |
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13.29 |
| 3. Colin JACKSON |
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GBR |
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13.38 |
| 4. Jack PIERCE |
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USA |
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13.41 |
| 5. Igors KAZANOVS |
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SOV |
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13.48 |
| 6. Carlos SALA |
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ESP |
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13.55 |
| 7. Mark McCOY |
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CAN |
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13.71 |
| Arto BRYGGARE |
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FIN |
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DNS |
Jon Ridgeon won the 110 m hurdles at the European Junior Championship in 1985, ahead of his fellow British athlete Colin Jackson,
who finished runner-up. Ridgeon then finished second to Jackson at the 1986 World Junior Championships.
Ridgeon won the 110 m
hurdles gold medal at the 1987 Universiade (World University Games) in Zagreb and as the result above show he again beat Colin
over 110 metres at the World Championships. Thereafter injury forced Jon to move up to the 400 metres where he had a short
career in the one lap event.