Jade Jones
DATE OF BIRTH
March 21 1993
WEIGHT
-57kg
CAREER HIGH
Gold at the Olympic Games in 2012/2016 and European Championships in 2016/2018
CAREER RESULTS
2018 Grand Prix (Manchester)
Gold
2018 Grand Prix (Rome)
Gold
2018 European Championships
Gold
2017 Grand Prix Final (Abidjan)
Gold
2017 Grand Prix (London)
Gold
2017 Grand Prix (Rabat)
Silver
2017 World Championships
Bronze
2017 President's Cup (Europe)
Gold
2016 Grand Prix Final (Baku)
Gold
2016 Olympic Games (Rio)
Gold
2016 European Championships
Gold
2016 German Open
Gold
2015 Grand Prix Final (Mexico)
Bronze
2015 Grand Prix (Manchester)
Gold
2015 Grand Prix (Samsun)
Gold
2015 Grand Prix (Moscow)
Silver
2015 European Games
Gold
2015 Dutch Open
Gold
2015 Turkish Open
Gold
2014 Grand Prix
Gold
2014 Commonwealth Championships
Gold
2014 Grand Prix (Manchester)
Silver
2014 Grand Prix (Astana)
Silver
2014 Korean Open
Gold
2014 Swiss Open
Gold
2014 European Championships
Silver
2014 Dutch Open
Gold
2014 Fujairah Open
Gold
2014 Luxor Open
Silver
2013 Grand Prix (Manchester)
Silver
2013 Spanish Open
Bronze
2013 German Open
Gold
2012 Olympic Games (London)
Gold
2010 Youth Olympic Games
Gold
About Jade
19-year-old Jones made history by becoming Great Britain’s first ever Taekwondo athlete to win gold at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
She was later awarded an MBE, after being named among the 2013 New Year’s honours list.
She has since gone onto win a Commonwealth title and European Championships gold to add to the continental bronzes she took in 2010 and 12.
Jones was also the winner of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in 2010.
She competed at the 2015 European Games in Baku and won gold in the -57kg weight division, making her the second female Taekwondo athlete to do so.
More recently, Jones has made history yet again by winning gold and becoming double Olympic Champion at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
All personal media and appearance requests for Jade should be directed to her agent.
Greg Kirkpatrick
E: greg@summussports.com
M: +44 (0)7841 997 425
60 SECOND INTERVIEW
WHEN DID YOU START TAEKWONDO AND WHY:
My grandad got me into Taekwondo, I was quite naughty when I was younger and he wanted to get me interested in something more productive. He took me down to the local leisure centre and it was by chance that it was Taekwondo that I took up.
ROLE MODEL/FAVOURITE OTHER SPORTSMAN OR WOMAN:
My coach Paul Green is a proper legend, everyone knows him in Taekwondo as one. He was going into the (Athens) Olympics with a high chance of getting gold but he got injured at the last second, so he got his gold through me! He's trained me really hard and his attitude is amazing so I look up to him a lot.
AMBITION:
To win gold at the World Championships.
SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT JADE JONES:
I'd love to star in a martial arts film.
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