Allison Jones

Jones was born in Amarillo, Texas, and moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, with her family at a young age. At age 5, she learned to ski through the National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD), and by age 8, she began racing with the NSCD Competition Center. At 16, Allison earned a spot on the U.S. Disabled Alpine Ski Team (now the U.S. Paralympic Alpine Ski Team). Looking for a cross-training sport, she fell in love with cycling after watching the 1998 UCI Para-cycling World Championships in her hometown of Colorado Springs.

From 2000 to 2016, Allison competed internationally for Team USA on both the U.S. Disabled Alpine Ski Team and the U.S. Para-cycling National Team. During that span, she competed in eight Paralympic Games and won eight Paralympic medals, including two gold (2006 and 2012), three silver (two in 2002 and one in 2008), and three bronze (all in 2012). She is also a 13-time World Champion, winning three titles in alpine skiing and 10 in cycling. Her cycling world titles include one in the 3km Pursuit, four in the Individual Time Trial, and five in the Road Race.

After the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games, Allison retired from para-alpine skiing to focus solely on cycling. Following her 10th UCI Cycling World Championship title in 2017, she retired from competitive cycling to pursue her career in engineering after earning a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Denver in 2007.

In 2022, Allison returned to international competition. She was selected as an alternate for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games and continues to compete on the UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup circuit.

Allison lives in Colorado Springs with her two dogs, Wall-E and Mo, and her cat, Davis. She is a full-time Design Engineer at SRAM, where she helps develop rear suspension for RockShox. Outside of racing, she enjoys all types of cycling, from downhill riding at Winter Park to premier gravel events such as SBT GRVL and Grassroots Gravel.