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Leisel Marie Jones, OAM (born 30 August 1985) is an Australian former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medallist. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics , she was part of gold-medal-winning Australian team in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold ...
Australian Icon, Leisel Jones, OAM is regarded as one of the world’s greatest ever female swimmers, winning seven World Championships titles, nine Olympic medals, 10 Commonwealth Games gold medals, 14 individual world records and 23 National titles.
Leisel Jones - Hall Of Fame Swimmer. As a ten-year old Brisbane school girl, Leisel Jones watched Samantha Riley win the bronze medal in the 100m breaststroke at the 1996 Olympic Games in...
About LJ. Hi, I’m Leisel Jones. Before I go any further, I should probably clear up a rumour that’s been circulating for years. Yes, I did take contraband into Sydney’s Olympic Village. But in my defence, I was only 15 and McDonald’s cookies remain a particularly underrated menu item.
Jones earned the nickname “Lethal Leisel” as she became one of the most successful Australian female swimmers of all time and the first to compete at four Olympic Games.
Feb 12, 2021 · Can you remember the outstanding races of Australia's Leisel Jones at the 2005 FINA World Championships in Montreal?The Aussie claimed two individual Gold Me...
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Mar 18, 2016 · Leisel Jones, the first Australian swimmer to compete in four Olympic games, acknowledges she never looked anything like the Instagram models promoting fitness and body-conscious lifestyles. "There's no way I'd ever look like those fitspo people because I'm just not built that way," she says.
Leisel Jones ended a long, sometimes tormented journey when she won the 100 metres breaststroke at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. It was a journey that lasted eight years, since she burst into the international spotlight, aged 14, at the Sydney Olympics.
Oct 20, 2015 · From the moment a 14-year old Leisel Jones OAM qualified for the Sydney 2000 Olympics, we watched her grow before our eyes to become arguably Australia’s most successful female swimmer.
