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Michellie Jones Personal information Born 6 September 1969
Fairfield, New South WalesResidence Carlsbad, California Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) Weight 60 kg (132 lb) Sport Country Australia Medal recordCompetitor for 
AustraliaWomen's triathlon Olympic Games Silver 2000 Sydney Individual ITU World Championships Gold 1992 Huntsville Elite Gold 1993 Manchester Elite Silver 1998 Lausanne Elite Silver 2001 Edmonton Elite Bronze 1991 Queensland Elite Bronze 1997 Perth Elite Bronze 2000 Perth Elite Bronze 2003 Queenstown Elite ITU World Cup Gold 1998 Overall Gold 2000 Overall Bronze 1993 Overall Ironman World Championship Gold 2006 Individual Silver 2005 Individual Michellie Yvonne Jones (/mɨˈkiːli/ mə-kee-lee; born 6 September 1969 in Fairfield, New South Wales) is an Australian triathlete. She has won two ITU Triathlon World Championships, an Olympic Silver Medal,[1] and the 2006 Ironman World Championship.[2]
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Athletic career
Jones started competing in triathlons in 1990. In 1992 and 1993 she won the ITU Triathlon World Championships.[1] In 1996, she won the inaugural XTERRA Triathlon World Championships. Jones would go on to further expand her triathlon résumé by winning the ITU Triathlon World Cup in 1998 and 1999.[3] At the 2000 Summer Olympics Jones took the Silver Medal in the inaugural triathlon event with a total time of 2:00:42.55, only two seconds behind Gold Medalist Brigitte McMahon. Her split times were 19:43.88 for the swim, 1:05:32.90 for the cycling and 0:35:25.77 for the run.[1]
After recently expanding into Iron distance competition, Jones took second place in the 2005 Ironman World Championship, losing the lead during the run to Natascha Badmann.[4] This was only the second time that she competed in an iron distance triathlon. Later she won the 2006 Ironman Arizona Triathlon, finishing with a time of 9:12:53, and the Ironman Triathlon in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii in 9:18:31.[2] With this victory, Jones became the first Australian woman to win a World Ironman Championship and it made her the second Australian in history to win the event, behind 1994 Men's World Champion, Greg Welch.
Personal life
Jones currently lives in Carlsbad, California.[5] She is a graduate from the University of Wollongong with a Diploma of Teaching in Primary Education in 1990.[6]
Jones has twin sister,[5] Gabrielle Jones.
References
- ^ a b c "Michellie Jones". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/michellie-jones-1.html. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- ^ a b Staton, Ron (21 October 2006). "Stadler Wins Ironman Triathlon". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/21/AR2006102101135.html. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- ^ "20yrs of ITU: World Cup Success". International Triathlon Union. 14 April 2009. http://www.triathlon.org/news/article/20yrs_of_itu__world_cup_success/. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- ^ Woodman, Jim. "2005 Ford Ironman World Championship Al-Sultan and Badmann take 2005 Honors". Active.com. http://www.active.com/triathlon/Articles/2005_Ford_Ironman_World_Championship_br____i_Al-Sultan_and_Badmann_take_2005_Honors__i_.htm. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- ^ a b "Q&A with Michellie "MJ" Jones". GUenergy.com. http://www.guenergy.com/athletes/profile_jones. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- ^ "Outlook". University of Wollongong. December 2000. http://www.library.uow.edu.au/archives/digital/alumni/UAlumni2000December.pdf. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
External links
World Champions in women's Ironman Triathlon Lyn Lemaire (1979) · Robin Beck (1980) · Linda Sweeney (1981) · Kathleen McCartney (Feb 1982) · Julie Leach (Oct 1982) · Sylviane Puntous (1983-1984) · Joanne Ernst (1985) · Paula Newby-Fraser (1986) · Erin Baker (1987) · Paula Newby-Fraser (1988-1989) · Erin Baker (1990) · Paula Newby-Fraser (1991-1994) · Karen Smyers (1995) · Paula Newby-Fraser (1996) · Heather Fuhr (1997) · Natascha Badmann (1998) · Lori Bowden (1999) · Natascha Badmann (2000-2002) · Lori Bowden (2003) · Natascha Badmann (2004-2005) · Michellie Jones (2006) · Chrissie Wellington (2007-2009) · Mirinda Carfrae (2010) · Chrissie Wellington (2011)
(men) World Champions in women's ITU Triathlon Erin Baker (1989) • Karen Smyers (1990) • Joanne Ritchie (1991) • Michellie Jones (1992–1993) • Emma Carney (1994) • Karen Smyers (1995) • Jackie Gallagher (1996) • Emma Carney (1997) • Joanne King (1998) • Loretta Harrop (1999) • Nicole Hackett (2000) • Siri Lindley (2001) • Leanda Cave (2002) • Emma Snowsill (2003) • Sheila Taormina (2004) • Emma Snowsill (2005–2006) • Vanessa Fernandes (2007) • Helen Tucker (2008) • Emma Moffatt (2009–2010) • Helen Jenkins (2011)
(men) World Cup Winners in women's ITU Triathlon Karen Smyers (1991) • Melissa Mantak (1992) • Jo-Anne Ritchie (1993) • Jenny Rose (1994) • Emma Carney (1995-1997) • Michellie Jones (1998) • Loretta Harrop (1999) • Michellie Jones (2000) • Siri Lindley (2001-2002) • Barb Lindquist (2003) • Anja Dittmer (2004) • Annabel Luxford (2005) • Vanessa Fernandes (2006-2007) • Samantha Warriner (2008)
(men) World Champions in women's Xterra Triathlon Michellie Jones (1996) · Cameron Randolph (1997) · Susan Latshaw (1998) · Shari Kain (1999) · Kerstin Weule (2000) · Anke Erlank (2001) · Melissa Thomas (2002) · Melanie McQuaid (2003) · Jamie Whitmore (2004) · Melanie McQuaid (2005-2006) · Julie Dibens (2007-2009) · Shonny Vanlandingham (2010) · Lesley Paterson (2011)
(men) Categories:- Ironman world champions
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Australian triathletes
- Olympic triathletes of Australia
- Olympic silver medalists for Australia
- Triathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- People from New South Wales
- Triathletes at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
- Olympic medalists in triathlon
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