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{{Short description|England international rugby union player}}
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{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
'''Jonathan Mark Sleightholme''' (born {{birth date and age|df=y|1972|8|5}} in [[Malton, North Yorkshire]]) is a former [[rugby union]] player who played on the [[Wing (rugby union)|wing]] for [[Grimsby RUFC|Grimsby]], Hull Ionians [[wakefield RFC|Wakefield]], [[Bath Rugby|Bath]], [[Northampton Saints]], [[Yorkshire Rugby Football Union|Yorkshire]], [[England national rugby sevens team|England Sevens]] and [[England national rugby union team|England]].

==Career==
Originally from [[Yorkshire]], he attended the [[University of Chester]] and played for [[Wakefield RFC]]. He then joined [[Bath Rugby]] for the 1994–95 season. Rugby Union was amateur at the time and he worked as a teacher combining with playing. He won a league and cup double with Bath and was called up by [[England national rugby union team|England]] for the [[1996 Five Nations Championship]]. He made his England debut in the opening game of that Five Nations in [[Paris]] away against [[France national rugby union team|France]]. England would go on to win that Championship and he scored his first England try in the final match as they sealed the title against [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] at [[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]]. He kept his place in the England team for the [[1997 Five Nations Championship]] in which he scored two tries against Ireland in [[Dublin]]. He joined [[Northampton Saints]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.therugbypaper.co.uk/features/my-life-in-rugby/14511/my-life-in-rugby-jon-sleightholme-former-bath-northampton-england-wing/|title= My Life in Rugby: Jon Sleightholme – former Bath, Northampton & England wing|date=18 February 2014|accessdate=2 December 2023|website=The Rugby Paper}}</ref> For Northampton he scored ten tries in fifty appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rugbypass.com/news/the-ex-player-injury-study-that-has-shocked-ex-england-international-jon-sleightholme-into-action-17-years-after-retirement/|website=Rugby Pass|accessdate=2 December 2023|title= The ex-player injury study that has shocked ex-England back Jon Sleightholme into action 17 years after retirement|first=Jamie|last=Lyall|date=16 July 2020}}</ref> In total, he played twelve times for England scoring four tries and also has played for the Barbarians.

==Post-rugby career==
In 2009, he was Managing Director Rugby for Sport2Business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sport2business.com/career.html |title=Sport2Business |accessdate=5 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117091050/http://www.sport2business.com/career.html |archivedate=17 January 2010 }}</ref> In 2011 he began working as a rugby coach at [[Cokethorpe School]], Witney.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.witneygazette.co.uk/sport/9313740.rugby-union-cokethorpes-new-coach/|website=Witney Gazette|accessdate=2 December 2023|title= Cokethorpe's new coach|date=19 October 2011}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Born in [[Malton, North Yorkshire]], he married Julie in the summer of 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-a-turn-for-the-worse--jon-sleightholme-at-least-97-has-a-happy-ending-1290746.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-a-turn-for-the-worse--jon-sleightholme-at-least-97-has-a-happy-ending-1290746.html |archive-date=14 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Rugby: A turn for the worse - Jon Sleightholme- At least '97 has a happy ending|website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |date=28 December 1997 |publisher=}}</ref> His son, [[Ollie Sleightholme]], is a professional rugby union player for [[Northampton Saints]] and an [[England national rugby union team|England international]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.therugbypaper.co.uk/domestic-club-rugby-union/31581/ollie-sleightholme-shows-dad-hes-up-to-speed-at-northampton-saints/ |title= At home with the Sleightholmes |date=30 November 2018|work=Northampton Saints|access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref>

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==External links==
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