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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 who won five medals at the 2000 Olympics but later admitted to using steroids. She now lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and three children and runs a business and a fitness program with Camp Gladiator.
Feb 21, 2022 · On January 11, 2008, Marion Jones was sentenced to six months in prison. Two months later, Jones reported to Federal Medical Center, Carswell prison in Fort Worth, Texas. She remained incarcerated until her release in September 2008.
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Aug 15, 2023 · Marion Jones was a track star who won five medals at the 2000 Olympics, but later admitted to using steroids and perjury. She served time in prison, lost her medals, and became a personal trainer and author.
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.
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Nov 12, 2023 · Marion Jones was a track and field star who won five medals at the 2000 Olympics, but later admitted to using steroids and served a prison sentence. Learn about her life after the scandal, including her marriages, children, and new career.
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.
