Marion Jones
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. She won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. In 2007, Jones admitted that she used steroids.[2] and the International Olympic Committee took away her five medals and she was sentenced to six months in prison.
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| Born | October 12, 1975 Los Angeles, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 150 lb[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 meters, 200 meters, long jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Federal Medical Center, Carswell, where Jones was imprisoned
Notes
- ↑ Teammate Kelli White was later found to have used performance-enhancing drugs and the IAAF disqualified the team.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Marion Jones". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ↑ Shipley, Amy (2007-10-05) (in en-US). Marion Jones Admits to Steroid Use. . https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/04/AR2007100401666.html. Retrieved 2017-05-17.