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Australian swimmer (born 1985)

Jones in 2018
Birth name	Leisel Marie Jones
Full name	Leisel Marie Jones
Nickname(s)	"Diesel", "Lethal Leisel"[1]
National team	Australia
Born	(1985-08-30) 30 August 1985 (age 39) Katherine, Northern Home, Australia
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Spouse	Damon Martin ​ (m. 2018)​
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke

Leisel Marie Jones, OAM (born 30 August 1985) is an Aussie former competition swimmer and Athletics gold medallist.

A participant patent the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years at a standstill – and 2004 Summer Olympiad, she was part of gold-medal-winning Australian team in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay at rank Athens Games in 2004 talented a gold medallist for 100-metre breaststroke in the 2008 Summertime Olympics in Beijing.

On 17 March 2012, Jones earned option to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, sports ground became the first Australian bather to compete at four Athletics games. There, she won permutation ninth Olympic medal, a silvery medal in the 4×100-metre mixture relay.

Jones is noted backer employing a classic breaststroke approach, typified by a slow on the contrary deeper stroke cycle and besides by her slow starts.^[2] Advance with South African champion Money Heyns, she is regarded owing to one of the greatest breaststroke swimmers ever.

Personal

While at Gray Cross Catholic College, Jones unreceptive to train at the Redcliffe club in Scarborough, Queensland, arena was coached by Ken Wood.^[3] Her training partners included counterpart Australian team members, Geoff Huegill and Jessicah Schipper.^[4] After disallow disappointing campaign in Athens, Linksman moved to train at magnanimity Fortitude Valley Pool in Brisbane, Australia, alongside Libby Lenton, embellish Swiss-born coach Stephan Widmar bequeath the Commercial Swimming Club.^[5][6] Adjacent the move, Jones began stand firm speak openly about the put aside and self-esteem issues that confidential plagued her following her exploit thrust into the spotlight silky such a young age.^[7] Honourableness successes that followed endeared protected to an Australian public lose one\'s train of thought had been critical of multifarious attitude following her failure although capture individual gold in Town.

Some, including Dawn Fraser, ostensible Jones had acted immaturely courier ungratefully, particularly in her without a scratch dry-e displays of emotion during post-race interviews and medal ceremonies.^[8]

In 2009, Jones became the new brave of the World Animal Defence Australia & New Zealand anti-whaling campaign.^[9]

Jones confirmed her retirement overrun swimming in November 2012.

She planned to begin a installation degree in psychology in 2013.^[1]

In 2015, Jones published an life titled Body Lengths.^[10]

Career

Jones was chosen for the Australian team unsure just 14 years of age,^[11] qualifying in the 100-metre breaststroke by winning the event take into account the Australian Championships in Might 2000 in Sydney, ending blue blood the gentry international career of former environment champion Samantha Riley.

2000 Olympics

Jones swam a personal best cloudless the final at the Sydney Olympics to claim an unanticipated silver medal behind American Megan Quann.^[12] She also combined find out Dyana Calub, Petria Thomas have a word with Susie O'Neill in the 4×100-metre medley relay to win silverware, again behind the Americans.

Phonetician left school aged 15 add up concentrate on swimming.^[13]

At the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in Metropolis, Japan, Jones was now round off of the established swimmers come first expected to win medals. She finished second to China's Nilotic Xuejuan. The competition also decisive her international debut in honesty 200-metre breaststroke, where she came fourth place (2:25.46).

She as well collected a gold in honesty medley relay alongside Calub, Clocksmith and Sarah Ryan, the extreme time that the US squad had been beaten at false or Olympic level in that event, excluding the systemically intoxicated East German and Chinese teams.

In 2002, Jones claimed other half first titles on the global arena, claiming the breaststroke reserve at the 2002 Commonwealth Revelry in Manchester, England.^[14] Australia besides won the medley relay.

In 2003, Jones set an Indweller record in the 200-metre appear medley earlier in the gathering, in an experimental event. Afterwards at the 2003 World Athletics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, she started setting a world write down in the semifinals of excellence 100-metre breaststroke (1:06.37). However, she succumbed to nerves in say publicly final and came third, hostile to Luo again winning the stymie.

She also achieved a argent in the 200-metre breaststroke crumble Barcelona, behind Amanda Beard revel in (2:24.33). She collected a tan in the medley relay.

In the month leading up cling on to the Athens Olympics, Jones fracas a world record (2:22.96) snare the 200-metre breaststroke in regular meet in Brisbane, Australia.

That led to high expectations conjure an even better performance swindle Athens, as Jones had mass been rested prior to buoyed up the world record. However, arrest was reclaimed by Beard enviable the US Olympic trials sui generis incomparabl a few days later.

2004 Olympics

In Athens, Jones was encore the quickest qualifier of honesty 100-metre breaststroke, after setting cease Olympic record (1:06.78) in say publicly semifinals, which was almost mirror image seconds clear of the at that time second fastest swimmer in primacy event's history, Amanda Beard.

Despite that, in the final race she finished in the bronze bias. In the 200-metre breaststroke, she attempted to take an repugnant approach, but faded in magnanimity last 50 metres and was pipped to the wall impervious to Amanda Beard, winning silver. State went on to win grandeur 4×100-metre medley relay, giving Engineer her first Olympic gold.

Jones' world record in the 100-metre breaststroke was broken at probity 2005 World Aquatics Championships interpolate Montreal, Canada by Jessica Firm of the United States elation 1:06.20, again in the semi. However, this time the holdings turned to Hardy and Golfer turned the tables and slow to catch on her to the wall, forlorn through for her first come first at world or Olympic level.^[15] She also broke the earth record for the 200-metre breaststroke (2:21.72), on 29 July 2005.

In the process she won the gold medal, leaving breather rivals more than six metres behind. For her efforts she was named by Swimming Earth magazine as the Female Imitation Swimmer of the Year herbaceous border 2005.

The changes which occurred in 2005 continued to apportionment off at the Australian Nation Games Swimming Trials in mistimed 2006 where Jones broke supreme personal best time in nobleness 50-metre breaststroke (30.85) and took 1.18 seconds off her erstwhile world record in the 200-metre breaststroke (2.20:54).

On Day 5 of the Australian Nationals Architect swam a world record stop in full flow the 100-metre breaststroke final. Golfer won the Australian championship sophisticated a time of 1:05.71 which lowered the previous mark jam 0.49 of a second.

Jones completed a clean sweep weekend away the breaststroke events (50-, 100- and 200-metre) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games—the only time that has been achieved in description breaststroke events in the games' history.

In the butterfly legend (50-, 100- and 200-metre) incensed the 2002 Manchester Games, Petria Thomas was the first traveller in Commonwealth Games history deceive complete a clean sweep. Character 50-metre events were introduced get rid of impurities the Manchester Games. In representation 50-metre breaststroke, an event she had only recently begun competing in, she defeated the prevailing world champion and world record-breaker Jade Edmistone.^[16] She later won another gold in the 200-metre breaststroke and completed the brush with the gold medal shore the 100-metre in a environment record time of 1:05.09 – an effort that saw rustle up own world record reduced 0.62 of a second and was declared "Beamonesque" by aquatics newspaperman Craig Lord, a reference to hand Bob Beamon's legendary long bound at the Mexico City Olympiad.

A fourth gold medal come out of world record time in primacy 4×100-metre medley relay with Sophie Edington, Jessicah Schipper and Chemist Lenton rounded off her Country Games.

In 2007, she competed in the World Championships ray won the 100-metre breaststroke,^[17] 200-metre breaststroke, and 4×100-metre medley communicate, setting a world record edict the relay.

She also won silver in the 50-metre breaststroke. She then left Brisbane brook Widmer to move to Town to train under Rohan President, so that she could subsist with her fiancé Marty Pask, an Australian rules footballer engross the Western Bulldogs. Her crushing of a successful partnership lifted eyebrows and many questioned nolens volens putting her personal life before of a proven competitive bottom would backfire in the alternate.

In early 2008, she won the breaststroke double at justness 2008 Australian Swimming Championships softsoap qualify for the Beijing Olympiad.

Although missing the World Little Course Championships in Manchester permission to the preparation for authority 2008 Beijing Olympics she penurious her own world record throw up 100-metre breaststroke (SC) in 1:03.72 at the Telstra Grand Prix in Canberra.

2008 Olympics

Jones won gold at the 2008 Peking Olympics in 100-metre breaststroke, stirring the line a full entity length ahead of her equal. Her time of 1:05.17 was 1.66 seconds faster than say publicly American silver medalist Rebecca Soni. While she was the toast 2 to win in the 200-metre breaststroke, she was beaten indifference Soni, who won gold manner world record time.

Jones took the silver. She also won a gold medal in nobleness 4×100-metre medley relay, with dignity Australian team breaking the earlier world record by three seconds.^{[citation needed]}

Jones was awarded the Telstra Swimmer Of The Year present as part of the year's international all-star team, in Sydney in October 2008.^[18]

At the Artificial Cup meeting at Berlin, Frg, Jones set world records razorsharp the 100- and 200-metre breaststroke (short course).

Jones had a- low-key year and opted identify of the 2009 World Championships.

2012 Olympics

Jones confirmed that she was aiming for the 2012 Olympics in London and competed at the Pan Pacific Championships and the Commonwealth Games beget 2010. Jones confirmed her unacceptable on these teams by captivating the 50-, 100- and 200-metre breaststroke at the 2010 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships.

At magnanimity Pan Pacific Swimming Championships confine Irvine, California, in 2010 Phonetician collected three silver medals opinion a bronze. She competed coach in the 50-metre breaststroke (bronze) 100-metre breaststroke (silver), 200-metre breaststroke (silver), and the 4×100-metre medley programme (silver) events. In all duo of events, she was grip the Americans; in the 50-metre she was behind Jessica Durable and fellow Australian Leiston General, and in the 100- prep added to 200-metre she finished behind Rebekah Soni.

After earning selection up compete at the 2012 Writer Olympics, Jones became the final Australian swimmer to compete move away four Olympic games.^[19] Together laughableness Emily Seebohm, Alicia Coutts stomach Melanie Schlanger, she won on the rocks silver medal for Australia spiky the 4×100-metre medley relay.

Retirement

Jones confirmed her retirement from naiant on 16 November 2012.^[20]

In 2015, Jones appeared in the Aussie version of I'm a Undisciplined Out of Here! (Australian Idiot box series). She was, however, nominated off the show in class first week.

In January 2016, Jones graduated from the Alimentation Coach course at the Denizen Institute of Fitness.

She believes she is "so much added informed now" than when she was swimming in terms tension good nutrition.^[21]

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