{{short description|Vincentian athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name =Jacqueline Mattox | image = | caption = | fullname = | nicknames = | nationality = | strokes = | club = | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|9|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | sport = Athletics | weight = | country = {{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's athletics}} {{MedalCountry| {{VIN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games <br> Junior (U20)}} {{MedalGold |1987 Port of Spain|long jump}} | show-medals = | updated = }}
'''Jacqueline Mattox''' (''nee'' '''Ross'''; born 26 September 1969) is a Vincentian athlete, who was the first female to compete at Summer Olympics for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/lists/99/manual |title=First female competitors at the Olympics by country |work=Olympedia |accessdate=26 June 2020}}</ref> she was the first Vincentian female to win a gold medal at the CARIFTA Games and also the first Vincentian female recipient of an athletics scholarship.<ref name="ross">{{cite web|title=Women in Sports|url=https://www.svgnoc.org/photo-album/13-cccp-close/detail/233-img-0098?tmpl=component|website=svgnoc.org|accessdate=19 December 2016}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==Career== Mattox competed mainly in the long jump and she won a bronze medal at the 1985 CARIFTA Games in the under-17s,<ref>{{cite web|title=CARIFTA Games (Under 17 Girls)|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cfgyw.htm|website=gbrathletics.com|accessdate=19 December 2016}}</ref> two years later she became the first Vincentian female to win a gold medal at the CARIFTA Games winning the long jump in 1987 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago,<ref name="Under 20">{{cite web|title=CARIFTA Games (Under 20 Women)|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cfgw.htm|website=gbrathletics,com|accessdate=19 December 2016}}</ref> later in the year she competed at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome, Italy, she leaped 5.29 metres and finished 28th out of 29 starters.<ref>{{cite web|title=1987 Long Jump Qualification|url=https://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics/1987/2nd-iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics-4/women/long-jump/qualification/series#resultheader|website=iaaf.org|accessdate=19 December 2016}}</ref>
The following year Mattox became the first female to compete at the Summer Olympics under the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines flag when they sent their first Olympic team to the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea.<ref name="ross" /> In here long jump event her first two jumps were fouls and in her final jump she leaped 5.50 metres,<ref>{{cite web|title=Jacqueline Ross Olympic Profile|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/jacqueline-ross-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418072836/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/jacqueline-ross-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|website=sports-reference.com|accessdate=19 December 2016}}</ref> but it wasn't far enough for her to reach the final and ended up finishing 26th out of 30 starters.<ref>{{cite web|title=1988 Summer Olympics Women's Long Jump Qualification|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/womens-long-jump-qualifying-round.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417050940/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/womens-long-jump-qualifying-round.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|website=sports-reference.com|accessdate=19 December 2016}}</ref>
In 1989 she won her athletics scholarship and went to the University of Idaho,<ref name="ross" /> where her success continued, she became a 10 time Big Sky Conference champion and is currently fourth highest point scorer in track and field for the Idaho Vandals and was named Big Sky Conference Outstanding Field Athlete three years running.<ref name="Vandals">{{cite web|title=Jackie Ross Mattox|url=http://www.govandals.com/news/2015/3/18/jackie_ross_mattox.aspx|website=govandals.com|accessdate=19 December 2016}}</ref>
==Family== Mattox currently resides in Mead, Washington, with her husband and four children, after working as a nurse for eight years, she now works for her husband as a personal administrative assistant.<ref name="Vandals" />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ross, Jacqueline}} Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:Olympic athletes for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Idaho Vandals women's track and field athletes Category:University of Idaho alumni