Jade Jones
DATE OF BIRTH
March 21 1993
WEIGHT
-57kg
CAREER HIGH
Gold at the Olympic Games in 2012 and 2016
CAREER RESULTS
2021 European Championships
Gold
2021 Sofia Open
Bronze
2020 European Club Championships
Silver
President's Cup (Europe)
Silver
2019 Grand Slam
Silver
2019 European Games
Silver
2019 World Championships
Gold
2019 Sofia Open
Gold
2019 Belgian Open
Silver
2018 Grand Slam
Silver
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.
The Welsh fighter was awarded an MBE, after being named among the 2013 New Year’s honours list and was given an OBE in 2019.
Jones was the winner of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in 2010 and has often said it was the moment she realised that she could achieve success at the Olympics in 2012.
She also 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.
The Welsh fighter made further history by becoming double Olympic Champion at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. She has since gone on to secure gold at the 2019 World Championships and even managed to take the European crown for a third time in 2021.
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:
Kelly Holmes. She’s come through so much adversity and injury and even though she didn’t win the Olympics (she won bronze at Sydney 2000), I admired the way she kept going and won it at a later date.
AMBITION:
To make history and become triple Olympic Champion. No one else in the sport has done it, so it would be amazing to go down in the history books as a legend.
SOMETHING YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT JADE JONES:
I’d love to star in a martial arts film.
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