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]
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
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Jones, Michellie |
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Triathlete |
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6 September 1969 |
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Fairfield, New South Wales |
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