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Marion Lois Jones (born October 12, 1975), also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is an American former world champion track-and-field athlete and former professional basketball player.
Jun 14, 2020 · More than 20 years ago, Marion Jones was on top of the world after winning three gold medals and two bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Eight years later, Jones was stripped of her medals and sitting in a Texas prison. After the track and field athlete’s fall from grace, where is Marion Jones today?
Oct 8, 2024 · Marion Jones (born October 12, 1975, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is an American athlete, who, at the 2000 Olympic Games, became the first woman to win five track-and-field medals at a single Olympics.
61K Followers, 519 Following, 208 Posts - Marion Jones (@themarionjones) on Instagram: "Mom, fitness fanatic and former Olympian Tar Heel for Life!"
Nov 12, 2023 · Marion Jones raced to Olympic glory with three golds and two bronzes in 2000 before a doping scandal tripped up her career. Here's her journey afterward.
Jul 30, 2024 · Marion Jones of the US (3357) exults as she crosses the finish line to win the final of the women's 100m, Sept. 23, 2000, at the Sydney Olympic Games ahead of Ekaterini Thanou from Greece (R) and Chandra Sturrup of the Bahamas (L). Jones clocked 10.75 to snatch the gold medal, Thanou took silver with 11.12 and Sturrup placed sixth with 11.21.
Marion Jones has known the best and the worst that the Olympic world offers. She first came to prominence as a high school sprint star in the early 90s. She narrowly missed making the 1992 U.S. Olympic team in the individual sprints as a high school senior, and she declined a place on the relay team.
Jan 11, 2008 · At the 2000 Olympics sprinter Marion Jones raced into the history books as the first woman to claim five medals in a single Games, three of them gold. Overnight she became athletics's golden...
May 14, 2018 · M arion Jones is widely considered to be today's greatest female athlete and one of the greatest athletes of all time. She became the first woman to win five medals in a single Olympics when she won three gold and two bronze medals in the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, Australia.
Aug 5, 2020 · The fastest woman on Earth, and arguably the best female athlete in the world, Marion Jones can outrun just about anyone on the track. But she wasn't able to escape the heartbreak and anger that marred her childhood.
