Graham was indicted in the BALCO case last year. Still later, Hunter told federal agents, Jones began receiving drugs directly from Conte. behind Greene (9.87 sec.) Tilting the Level Playing Field? With Thompson, she has two kids Eva Marie and Ahmir Thompson. I dont really spend a lot of time thinking about them. Tweet. The couple live in Austin, Texas. Marion Jones crosses the finish line to win the gold medal at the Olympics in Sydney, Australia, on Sept. 23, 2000. His personal best performances are 9.87 seconds for the 100 m, 19.97 seconds for the 200 metres (both Barbadian records), and 45.38 seconds for the 400 metres. The athlete is currently single, her starsign is Libra and she is now 47 years of age. Olympic champion sprinter Marion Jones has admitted using steroids in preparation for the 2000 Sydney Games and plans to plead guilty on Friday to lying about her drug use. According to Hunters 2004 testimony before a federal grand jury, Joness use of banned drugs began well before Sydney. Despite this season-altering injury, Thompson helped UTEP finish second overall at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, as part of the 4 100 m and 4 400 m relays. She was released on her own recognizance but was required to surrender both her US and Belizean passports, pending sentencing in January. He has also served variously as a speaker and panellist on matters related to sports management, performance, and anti-doping. However, a 2004 report in the San Francisco Chronicle said that Jones' ex-husband, shot putting champion C.J. If he's dealing with a heavy burden, I'll pray for him. Kevin Frayer/AP/The Canadian Press After retiring from a decade-long professional athletics career, Thompson published his first book, Secrets of a Student-Athlete: A Reality Check,[10] which was endorsed by legendary Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski. Jones admitted she used steroids before the games in a recent letter to family and friends, The Washington Post reported Thursday. Prosecutors recommended a sentence of zero to six months. Her lawyer did not return phone calls seeking comment. At a press conference where Hunter broke down in tears, he denied taking any performance-enhancing drugs, much less the easily detected nandrolone (which showed up in all four tests in amounts over 1000 times normal levels); Victor Conte of BALCO, who was regularly supplying nutritional supplements to athletes trained by Trevor Graham, blamed the test results on an iron supplement that contained nandrolone precursors and tied previous positive nandrolone tests from Jamaican sprinter Merlene Ottey and British sprinter Linford Christie to the same supplement. Hunter and has a three-year-old son with banned former 100 meters world record holder Tim Montgomery. Jones acknowledged using steroids before the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney, Australia, in a letter to her family and friends, according to a story in The Washington Post. After not racing for almost one year, he qualified for 2003 World Championships in Paris, France, but had the misfortune of encountering the eventual World Champion, Kim Collins, as well as Greene and Chambers (1999 World Championship 100 m bronze medallist) in the quarterfinals. was the then third-fastest all-time performance. In her interview withESPNin 2012, Jones revealed that shed struggled to move on after admitting to using steroids. He was also not invited to the top American junior track meets for similar reasons. The criminal penalties for perjury, Karas ominously noted before sending Jones into the arms of her husband, the sprinter Obadele Thompson, have nothing to do with the forfeiture of medals and . She gave birth to daughter Eva-Marie on June 28, 2009. She made her 0.5 million dollar fortune with 2000 Summer Olympics. He is a three-time Olympian (1996, 2000, and 2004), and a finalist at each Olympics. I am troubled, quite frankly, by the statement, he said. NEW YORK - JANUARY 11: Marion Jones (L) walks with her husband Obadele Thompson after she leaves court January 11, 2008 in White Plains, New York. She was as much of a stand-out on the basketball court as she was in track and field, walking away with a NCAA title in her freshman season and a game average of 17.1 points in her sophomore year. [20] His time of 20.36 sec. And when the heroes don't live up to that "There are a lot of peole who will never forgive me for my poor choices. It was very homely, very quiet and simple, the Rev. Robert Siegel interviewed Marion Jones on All Things Considered in 1995. and ran 8 of the 11 fastest junior 100 m times that year. Hunter in part on the fact that Hunter had tested positive for steroids four times before the 2000 Olympics, tainting her own drug-free image. The three-time Olympic gold medalist also announced her retirement from the sport on Friday. We're very cautious when we pursue certain things or agree to certain things. Marion Jones was sentenced to. Jones lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband, Obadele Thompson, and their three children: Monty, Amir and Eva-Marie. I find that young people are very transparent. "The haters. He set two NCAA records: indoor 55 m (1997) and indoor 200 m (1996). Creative Editorial Marion Jones Sentenced For Lying About Steroid Use NEW YORK - JANUARY 11: Marion Jones (L) stands with her husband Obadele Thompson after she leaves court January 11, 2008 in White Plains, New York. On 12-10-1975 Marion Jones (nickname: Marion ) was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. The couple live in Austin, Texas. In high school, Jones won the CIF California State Meet in the 100 m sprint four years in a row, representing Rio Mesa the first two years and Thousand Oaks high school the last two. He seems like a nice guy. In November 2009, Jones was working out for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the WNBA. Obadele began his athletic career at about six years old in Barbados at the Charles F. Broomes Elementary School before transferring to Wesley Hall Junior School. That is what everyone is striving for. Thompson has been involved with the Barbados Special Olympics and featured in an advertising campaign against drug abuse for the United Nations Drug Control Programme. in his first competitive 400 m since he was 13 years old. In 2006, a bank foreclosed on her $2.5-million mansion near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where Michael Jordan was a neighbor. In the end, Jones and several of her colleagues were among those ensnared in the federal investigation of BALCO. and Boldon (19.80 sec.). Obadele Thompson, Marion Jones's husband. After the collegiate season, Thompson placed sixth in the 200 m at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. It was her fastest time in almost four years. Olympic track and field star Marion Jones has pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators about using steroids. Four months later, Jones won the 100-meter at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, sprinting her way to victory in just 10.83 seconds. Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2021. He allowed me to fulfill my dreams and he was the caretaker of the kids. Their parents might have told them something. She retained lawyer Howard Jacobs, who has represented many athletes in doping cases, including Tim Montgomery and cyclist Floyd Landis. Thompson sustained a groin injury during that race, forcing him to miss practice for a week. On her 2004 Olympics experience, Jones said Its extremely disappointing, words cant put it into perspective. She came in fifth in the Long Jump and competed in the womens 4100m relay where they swept past the competition in the preliminaries only to miss a baton pass in the final race. A few weeks later, at only 17 years old, he won his first 100 m title at the 1993 Senior Central American and Caribbean Championships (CAC) in Cali, Colombia, clocking a slightly wind-assisted 10.30 sec. The USADA sought a four-year suspension for Montgomery. The American 47-year-old runner is married to Obadele Thompson now, according to our records. We have estimated Marion Joness net worth, money, salary, income, and assets. She stated that she would give the same advice to Olympic hopefuls. Marion Jones Admits Using Steroids Olympic champion . Obadele Thompson (m. 2007), C. J. 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Thompson (Oba) King & Spalding", "USTFCCCA Coaches Hall of Fame Class of 2016 Announced::: USTFCCCA", "Thompson Takes a Risk and Comes Up Limping", "Track & Field News World Rankings Men's 200", "Track & Field News World Rankings Men's 100", "IAAF: 100 Metres Result | Herculis Zepter | iaaf.org", "IAAF: Second best all-time for Lebedeva in Yokohama| News | iaaf.org", "Prof. But in the letter to her family and friends, Jones maintained that she did not know she had used the banned drugs until she stopped training with coach Trevor Graham at the end of 2002. Where Is Marion Jones Now? May 2006 saw Jones run 11.06 at altitude but into a headwind in her season debut and beat Veronica Campbell and Lauryn Williams in subsequent 100m events. I'm excited to see the final cut of the show because I'm excited where I am at now. It is an unexpected turn in the career of the Los Angeles, Calif., native, who has been a track and field star since high school in the early 1990s. I'm at a good point in my life. You see the heroes that you emulate. I messed up, and Im doing something to contribute back to community. I pray that you will be as merciful as a human being can be, she said. One was impaneled to investigate the BALCO designer steroid ring, and the other was impaneled to investigate a check fraud ring involving many of the same parties from the BALCO case. 'That was dumb,' they would say. In 1998, he became a UTEP Alumni Association Top Ten Senior awardee,[9] and received the NCAA Today's Top VIII Award (now the NCAA Today's Top 10) for outstanding leadership, athletics and academics, along with two-time NFL Super Bowl Champion, Peyton Manning, who attended the University of Tennessee. Soon, it became apparent that Jones tended to train with both coaches and athletes who themselves were dogged by rumors and accusations surrounding performance-enhancing drugs. Husband: Obadele Thompson (m. 2007), C. J. Given Name: Marion Lois Jones, Marion Jones-Thompson Age: 47 (10/12/1975) Occupation: Sports - Track and Field [5], He was an eleven-time NCAA All-American and a sixteen-time Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Champion. The content of Jones' letter was a stunning admission for an athlete who has been unequivocal in her denial that she cheated her way to Olympic stardom. Did you have any apprehension about doing the show? Marion Jones arrived for sentencing at federal court in Westchester County on Friday. BALCO Case Taints Jones' Achievements Marion Jones was married to CJ Hunter in 1998, and they parted away due to some personal problems in 2002. During that period, he broke the Barbados national 100 m record four times. In the course of investigative research, San Francisco based reporters Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada reported Jones had received banned drugs from BALCO, citing documentary evidence and testimony from Joness ex-husband C.J. He twice recorded the fastest junior 100 m time (10.18 sec.) She moved on after accepting that some people will never forgive her for cheating. They dont beat around the bush.. Although Prof. Thompson never earned an athletic scholarship nor had formal coaching, he won the 100 m at the 1963 Jamaica National Championships,[35] while studying at UWI in Mona, Jamaica. . That was a lie, your honor, she said from the defense table. She asked that their privacy be respected. The pregnancy and child birth did not slow her down. By the age of 15 she was routinely dominating California high school athletics both on the track and the basketball court. However, the United States Anti-Doping Agency later stripped her of her medals after she admitted to using steroids. a 2004 report in the San Francisco Chronicle said that Jones' ex-husband, . Three days later, Jones once more improved on her seasonal best time at the Rome IIAF Golden League (10.91seconds), but lost to Jamaicas Sherone Simpson, who clocked 10.87. She won five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia but has since been stripped of every . It's Nothing New, Track Star Marion Jones to Admit Steroid Use, Track Olympian Reportedly Admits to Steroid Use, Track Coach Charged with Obstruction in Balco Case, Secondary Doping Tests Clear Marion Jones' Name, Sports Doping Scandal Threatens Reputations, BALCO Head Confirms Doping, Ties M. Jones to Steroid Use, Doping Scandals, Security and U.S. Summer Olympic Teams, Doping Scandal Clouds Marion Jones' Olympic Bid. The U.S. Olympic Team once dubbed Marion Jones "the world's fastest mom," but she could not run fast enough to escape the doping charges that have plagued her since she won five medals at the 2000 Olympics. He now is going to law school at the University of Texas, and I'm the caregiver. . Jones won the California state championship as a sprinter four years in a row, representing Rio Mesa and Thousand Oaks high schools. She broke down in tears during the press conference as she tearfully apologized, saying with a great amount of shameI stand before you and tell you that I have betrayed your trustand you have the right to be angry with me I have let my country down and I have let myself down.. in the semifinals, which was 0.10 sec. and placed fourth in the 200 m, although he and Boldon both ran 20.20 sec. Her No. A police officer in Wilsons Mills, a small town near Raleigh, on Wednesday confirmed the wedding took place but referred enquiries to the towns police chief, who was unavailable. Marion Lois Jones (born October 12, 1975), also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is a Belizean-American former world champion track and field athlete and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Marion Jones height is 5 10 and Weight 150lb (68kg). On March 10, 2010, the Tulsa Shock announced that Jones had signed to play with the team, making the professional minimum (about $35,000) in her first season. But in the letter to her family and friends, Jones maintained that she did not know she had used the banned drugs until she stopped training with coach Trevor Graham at the end of 2002. He graduated from UTEP summa cum laude in economics and marketing and received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) Jones, who turns 32 next week, is married to Olympic sprinter Obadele Thompson of Barbados. [41] Thompson was awarded the country's fourth highest award, the Barbados Service Star Award, for his outstanding contribution to sports (1997), the Barbados Minister's Award for Sports (2004), and was three times named the Barbados National Sports Personality of the year (1994, 1996, and 2000). Marion Jones walks with her husband Obadele Thompson after she leaves court January 11, 2008 in White Plains, New York. She is to report to a facility near her home in Austin, Tex., on March 11. Marion Jones currently lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband, Obadele Thompson, and their three children: Tim Montgomery Jr., Ahmir, and Eve-Marie. Thompson was featured in his own NBC Olympic television commercial shown during the 1999 MLB World Series. 'Why did you do that?' On December 12, 2007, the IOC formally stripped Jones of all five Olympic medals dating back to September 2000, and banned her from attending the 2008 Summer Olympics in any capacity. ", "I've met him a couple of times. But when they make poor choices, it's hard to swallow. Jones red shirted her 1996 basketball season to concentrate on track. Watching Thompson console Jones, you wondered how a poised . (+2.1m/s wind). The media loves to lump us together. It's a lot easier to talk and deal with young people instead of speaking in front of corporations, churches and grown-ups. The small, private ceremony was performed by a relative of Obadele's and took place in North Carolina. Hunter (m. 1998-2002) How old?, Bio details and Wiki Marion Jones grew up on 12 October, 1975 in Los Angeles, CA. She won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, but was later stripped of her medals after admitting to steroid use. The sky was still dark on the March morning in 2008 when Marion Jones, the five-time Olympic medalist, folded her long legs into the passenger seat of her Honda . In 1997, he was named a College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) First-Team At-Large Academic All-American (formerly the GTE First-Team At-Large Academic All-American award)[8] and received the State of Texas Certificate of Merit for his exemplary achievement in academics and athletics. [18] He also won the Jamaica Junior National Championships in the 100 m (as a visiting athlete), the CAC Junior Championships in the 100 and 200 metres, placed fourth in the 100 m at the World Junior Championships and was the youngest semifinalist in 100 m at the Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. He was the youngest semifinalist in the 200 m at the World (Senior) Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, and won a silver medal in the 100 m at the World University Games in Fukuoka, Japan. Seven years after winning a womens record five Olympic track and field medals and receiving multimillion-dollar endorsement deals, Jones was broke. Marions Instagram page reveals her passion for fitness and advocacy. REUTERS/ARC/Dominic Favre. At the 1999 World Championships, Jones attempted to win four titles, but injured herself in the 200m after a gold in the 100m and a long jump bronze. She was Track and Field News High School Athlete of the Year in 1991 and 1992. The questions are direct. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. After her admission, Jones held a press conference, where she finally publicly admitted taking steroids before the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics and acknowledged that she had, in fact, lied when she previously denied steroid use in statements to the press, to various sports agencies, and to two grand juries. Jones had adamantly defended herself against allegations of steroid use before the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, where she won five medals. . She confessed to Judge Kenneth M. Karas that she had made false statements regarding the BALCO and a check-fraud case. She stated that when she first used a steroid, she thought it to be flaxseed oil but later learned it to be designer steroid THG. So people don't even need to ask me. Hunter, admitted he used steroids and told a grand jury that Jones did, too. Find Marion Jones's Bio details, How old?, How tall, Physical Stats, Romance/Affairs, Family and career upbeen in a relationship with?s. [24] At the NCAA Indoor Championships, he became the third male athlete to win back-to-back 200 m titles. I could tell you about my journey and how it was for me and how I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, he reached the 100 m semifinals, but exceeded expectations by finishing fourth in the 200 m finals behind Michael Johnson, who set an amazing new world record of 19.32 sec., Frankie Fredericks of Namibia (19.68 sec.) I was having a hard time coming to grips [with] having let people down., Jones speaks freely about her mistake and especially enjoys discussing her choices with the youth, who Marion says can be brutally blunt. She has paid a terrible human price already.. In the run-up to the 2000 Olympics, Jones declared that she intended to win gold medals in all five of her competition events at Sydney. He said he did not believe Jones had been completely forthcoming in her admission that she used drugs. She excelled at her first major international competition, winning the 100m sprint at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, while finishing 10th in the long jump. She then ventured outside to say a few words. In her guilty plea, Jones said she had been given a substance by her coach, Trevor Graham, starting in the summer of 2000, but he told her it was flaxseed oil. Marion Jones speaks to the media Oct. 5, 2007, at federal court in White Plains, N.Y., after pleading guilty to lying to a federal agent about her steroid use. In the interview, Conte told a national audience that he had personally given Jones four different illegal performance-enhancing drugs before, during, and after the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. The former world champion track and field athlete lives here, with her Barbadian sprinter and 2000 Olympic medalist husband, Obadele Thompson. VIOLENT, FILTHY PRISON Her two marriages have averaged 9.7 years each. Thompson was inducted into the UTEP Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2007,[11] and into the UTEP Athletics[12] and Drake Relays[13] Halls of Fame in 2011. What was your reaction to Lance Armstrong being banned from racing for life and having all his results disqualified for using performance-enhancing drugs? She is from CA. My husband has been incredible through all of this. hide caption. Share. Thompson won several Athlete of the Year awards, including the UTEP Athlete of the Year (1996 and 1997), US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Division I Male Indoor Athlete of the Year (1997), and the Stan Bates WAC Male Student-Athlete of the Year (1997). He also finished second in the same event at the IAAF Grand Prix Finals in Fukuoka, Japan. Less than a year after her first child was born, Jones took the 100-meter Home Depot Invitational in Los Angeles winning it in 10.99 seconds. On his return to Barbados after his Olympic medal-winning performance, Thompson was greeted by thousands of well-wishers who lined the streets as his motorcade travelled from the airport to the Barbados Government headquarters,[40] where the former Prime Minister, Owen Arthur, conferred on him the title of Ambassador and Special Envoy for Youth. Their first child together, a son named Ahmir, grew up in June 2007. He won Barbados's first and only Olympic medal as an independent country by placing third in the 100 metres at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. [25], In the summer of 1998, Thompson relocated to Austin, Texas to work with Dan Pfaff, who had coached Bailey to the 1996 Olympic 100 m title. It's worth it. She was assigned Federal Bureau of Prisons register no. Marion Jones crosses the finish line to win the gold medal at the Olympics in Sydney, Australia, on Sept. 23, 2000. Jones admitted she used steroids before the games in a recent letter to family and friends, The Washington Post reported Thursday. To celebrate his 20th birthday, Thompson ran 45.38 sec. Jones acknowledged using steroids before the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney, Australia, in a letter to her family and friends, according to a story in The Washington Post. She was the third female athlete to achieve the title twice, immediately following Angela Burnham at Rio Mesa High School, who was the second to achieve the title twice. I'm not hiding. Obadele is the biological father to Ahmir (2007) and Eva-Marie (2009). Without a shadow of a doubt it was them, Tyrrel said of American Jones, triple gold medalist from the 2000 Olympics, and Thompson, who won 100 meters bronze at the same Games. She was selected the Gatorade Player of the Year for track and field three years in a row, once at Rio Mesa and twice at Thousand Oaks. She was invited to participate in the 1992 Olympic trials, and, after her showing in the 200 meters finals, would have made the team as an alternate in the 4100 meters relay, but she declined the invitation. That's just not my story. Marion is a former world champion track and field athlete and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. According to the Associated Press, Jones was heavily in debt and fighting off court judgments, according to court records reviewed by the Los Angeles Times. [2], Obadele's Olympic success followed an outstanding collegiate career at the University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP) where he amassed several prestigious awards for his academics, athletics, and leadership. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

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