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Marion Jones
| full name: | Marion Jones |
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| bio: | The fastest woman in the world? She dominated track and field for much of the late 1990's. She become the first woman in history to win five track and field medals in one Olympics: three gold, two bronze. However, there was controversy about claims she is implicated in the Balco Laboratories drug taking scandal, and in August 2006 was found to have EPO in her system. In 2007 she admitted that she had taken the banned performance enhancing substance THG (also known as The Clear) in the lead up to the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and has subsequently forfeited all medals and prizes dating back to September 2000. |
| also known as: | "the fastest woman on the planet", drug cheat |
| born: | October 12, 1975 Los Angeles, California |
| family: | Parents: George and Marion Jones |
| education: | Rio Mesa High School, Thousand Oaks High School, University of North Carolina |
| physical attributes: | Height: 5-11 Weight: 150 lbs |
| sport: | Athletics |
| team / club: | Nike |
| events: | Sprints, Long Jump |
| personal bests: | 100m - 10.65 sec (1998); 200m - 21.62 sec (1998) 400m - 49.59 sec (2000); Long Jump - 7.31 m / 23-11.75 (1998). |
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| what you may not know: | After watching Florence Griffith Joyner and Jackie Joyner-Kersee compete at the Seoul Olympics, Marion, an eighth-grader, wrote on a school blackboard: "I want to be an Olympic champion." |
