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Leisel Jones

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Leisel Marie Jones, OAM (born 30 August 1985) is an Australian former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medallist. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold-medal-winning Australian team in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold medallist for 100-metre breaststroke in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. On 17 March 2012, Jones earned selection to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and became the first Australian swimmer to compete at four Olympic games. There, she won her ninth Olympic medal, a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leisel Jones is the 531st most popular swimmer (up from 558th in 2019), the 963rd most popular biography from Australia (up from 971st in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Australian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Leisel Jones ranks 531 out of 709. Before her are Kenneth To, Mélanie Henique, Aya Terakawa, Megan Jendrick, Mehdy Metella, and Simona Quadarella. After her are Nikolay Skvortsov, Tang Yi, Erika Villaécija, Peter Vanderkaay, Matti Mattsson, and Boglárka Kapás.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Leisel Jones ranks 1,390. Before her are Wágner Ferreira dos Santos, Yukari Nakano, Gert Kams, Igor Lewczuk, Denny Morrison, and Esther Lofgren. After her are Kasper Winther Jørgensen, Hideaki Takeda, Daniele Meucci, Tony Jeffries, Vijay Kumar, and José Fernando Cuadrado.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Leisel Jones ranks 963 out of 1,143. Before her are Andrew Redmayne (1989), Karrie Webb (1974), Kaarle McCulloch (1988), Lydia Lassila (1982), Stephanie Morton (1990), and Adam Taggart (1993). After her are Matthew Glaetzer (1992), David Crawshay (1979), Tiffany Cromwell (1988), Alex Pullin (1987), Josh Giddey (2002), and Tate Smith (1981).

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Among SWIMMERS In Australia

Among swimmers born in Australia, Leisel Jones ranks 43. Before her are Alicia Coutts (1987), Jessica Ashwood (1993), Cameron McEvoy (1994), Samantha Riley (1972), Madeline Groves (1995), and Brenton Rickard (1983). After her are Ariarne Titmus (2000), Libby Trickett (1985), James Magnussen (1991), Mollie O'Callaghan (2004), Matt Welsh (1976), and Kaylee McKeown (2001).

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