Marcia Jones-Smoke

Marcia Jones-Smoke

Jones (right) at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1941-07-18) July 18, 1941 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Height	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	Niles Kayak Club
Medal record Representing  United States Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo K-1 500 m Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg K-1 500 m 1967 Winnipeg K-2 500 m 1967 Winnipeg K-4 500 m

Marcia Ingram Jones Smoke (born July 18, 1941) is an American sprint canoer. She competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the K-1 500 m event in 1964.^[1]

A native of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Jones graduated from Michigan State University. She won three gold medals at the 1967 Pan American Games and a record 35 national championships and 24 North American championships.^[1]

Her husband, William Smoke, finished fourth in the second repechage event of the K-4 1000 m at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Jones' son, Jeff, finished seventh in the K-2 1000 m semifinal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Her sister, the late Sperry Rademaker, finished seventh in the K-2 500 m event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.^[1]

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