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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.
Aug 4, 2021 · Marion Jones is a Belizean-American former world champion athlete. After a stellar high school career, Marion Jones went to the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she won three gold medals and two bronze medals.
Marion Jones, American who, at the 2000 Olympic Games, became the first woman to win five track-and-field medals at a single Olympics. In 2007, however, she admitted to having used banned substances and subsequently returned the medals. Learn more about Jones’s life and career.
Oct 5, 2007 · For years, Marion Jones angrily denied using steroids. On Friday, she admitted it was all a lie. The three-time Olympic gold medallist pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators when...
Feb 21, 2022 · Marion Jones was a highly rated two-sport high school star who dominated in basketball and track. The California native received an athletic scholarship in basketball and moved across the country to attend the University of North Carolina to play basketball and run track.
Oct 27, 2008 · Track and field star Marion Jones Thompson was stripped of her Olympic medals and sent to prison for lying to federal agents. For the first time, she's speaking out about the doping scandal that led to her arrest and her six-month sentence.
Jan 11, 2008 · WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Marion Jones was sentenced Friday to six months in prison for lying about using steroids and a check-fraud scam, despite beseeching the judge that she not be...
Dec 12, 2007 · The IOC formally stripped Marion Jones of her five Olympic medals Wednesday, wiping her name from the record books following her admission that she was a drug cheat. The International Olympic...
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. She then attended the University of North ...
Oct 6, 2007 · WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Track-and-field standout Marion Jones pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Friday to two counts of lying to federal investigators and admitted taking steroids before the...
