Jade Jones (taekwondo)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | March 21, 1993 Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, Wales, UK |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) (2012) |
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) (2012) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Sport | Taekwondo |
| Event | 57 kg |
| Club | GB Academy |
| Turned pro | 2010– |
| Coached by | Paul Green |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic finals | gold |
| World finals |
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| Regional finals |
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| Updated on 8 August 2012 | |
Jade Jones (born 21 March 1993) is a Welsh and BritishTaekwondo athlete, who at the London 2012 Summer Olympics won Great Britain's first Taekwondo gold medal, in the women's 57 kg weight category. Jones is the reigning Youth Olympic champion in the girls' 55 kg weight category.
Jones was born in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, Wales and raised in Flint, Flintshire.[1] As of 2012[update], Jones is 1.69 metres (5 ft 7 in) tall and weighs 57 kilograms (126 lb).[1] She competes for the Manchester Aces club and is coached by Paul Green.[1]
In 2010 she won a bronze medal at the 2010 European Taekwondo Championships in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[2] Jones competed for Great Britain at the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore; she beat Vietnam's Thanh Thao Nguyen 9–6 in the 55 kg category final to become Great Britain's first ever gold medallist at the Games.[3][4] She was named BBC Cymru Wales Junior Sportswoman of the Year 2010.[5]
Jones won her first senior title at the US Open in Austin, Texas in February 2011. She won gold in the −62 kg division having won bronze in the −57 kg competition the previous day.[6] At the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships in Gyeongju, South Korea Jones advanced to the final of the 57 kg event after beating Marlène Harnois of France in the semifinals. She won the silver medal after losing to China's Hou Yuzhuo in a sudden-death round.[7] In October 2011 Jones won a gold medal at the British Open in Manchester by defeating Harnois 10–8 in the final.[8] At the French Open she won a bronze medal after losing to Harnois in the semifinals.[9]
At the German Open held in Hamburg in March 2012 Jones won a silver medal losing to China's Yun Wang in the final.[10][11] In May 2012 she won a bronze medal at the 2012 European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester.[12]
Jones was selected to compete for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 57 kg weight category.[13] In the games Jones beat Chinese Taipei's top seed Tseng Li-Cheng in the semi-finals after having beaten Japan's Mayu Hamada in the quarter-finals and Serbia's Dragana Gladović in her first bout. [14] In the final she beat Hou Yuzhuo of China 6 points to 4, to become the first Briton to win a taekwondo gold medal.
References
- ^ a b c "Jade Jones: Team GB". British Olympic Association. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ Griffiths, Gareth (4 June 2012). "Jade Jones going for gold medal at 2012 Olympics". Wales Online. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ "Jade Jones wins Britain's first Youth Olympics gold". BBC Sport. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ Williams, Bob (23 December 2010). "Jade Jones named British Olympic Association taekwondo athlete of the year". The Telegraph. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ Williams, Bob (7 December 2010). "Jade Jones wins BBC Cymru Wales Junior Sportswoman of the Year 2010". The Telegraph. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ Hope, Nick (21 February 2011). "Youth Olympian Jade Jones claims first senior title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ Hope, Nick (4 May 2011). "Jade Jones wins World Championship silver medal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ Hope, Nick (1 October 2011). "Triple gold medal for GB at British Open". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ "Jade Jones takes taekwondo bronze at French Open". BBC Sport. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ Hope, Nick (5 March 2012). "London 2012: Damon Sansum wins taekwondo gold in Germany". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ "Taekwondo: Jade Jones claims silver in German Open". www.walesonline.co.uk. March 04,2012. Retrieved August 09, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ "Taekwondo: Jade Jones bags bronze in European Championships". Wales Online. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ "London 2012: Sarah Stevenson leads GB taekwondo team". BBC Sport. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ "Wales' Jade Jones to bid for taekwondo gold at London 2012". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2012.