Leisel Jones Australian Olympic Swimmer
In 2006 Leisel Jones became only the fourth woman in 15 years to win the Australian Swimmer of the Year award. This was just one week after she was honoured as the World Swimmer of the Year for setting five world records since January 2006. Leisel also won Swimming Australia's 'Short Course Swimmer of the Year' award, shared the Golden Moment's prize with the world record-breaking women's 4×100m medley relay team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and won the 'People's Choice' award, chosen by the Australian voting public as the country's most popular swimmer.
In Melbourne in 2006 Leisel became the first woman in history to complete the 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke treble at a Commonwealth Games, was named Swimmer Of The Meet. Leisel was selected as the 472-strong Australian team flag-bearer at the Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony. In 2005 she was named 'World Swimmer of the Year,' Queensland Academy of Sport 'Athlete of the Year,' Swimming Australia's 'Golden Moment' and Swimming Australia's 'Female Breaststroker of the Year' for the fifth consecutive year.
At the Olympics, she was 15 at the time of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, making her the youngest Australian ever to win an Olympic Games swimming medal when she claimed silver medals in the 100m breaststroke and the 4×100m medley relay.
At the 2004 Olympics Leisel finished 3rd on the 100m Breaststroke and 2nd in the 200m breaststroke and followed this up in Beijing in 2008 with gold in the 100m breaststroke, silver in the 200m breaststroke and gold as a member of the 4 x 100m Medley relay.
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Leisel Jones at a Glance
Leisel Marie Jones OAM (born 30 August 1985 in Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia) is an Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer. 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 x 100 metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold medalist for 100 meter breaststroke in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
She is noted for employing a classical breaststroke technique, typified by a slow but deeper stroke cycle and also by her slow starts. Along with South African...
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ELIZEBETH DICKSON wrote
YOUR WEIGHT?
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Posted May 30, 2009
Anna-Maria wrote
Leisel, it's me again... if you can PLEASE write me an e-mail!! I'm dying to talk to you!!! My e-mail adress is anjibell@hotmail.com
your fan,
Anna-Maria
P.S: you're my hero!!!!!
Posted March 25, 2009
Anna-Maria wrote
Hello Leisel,
My name is Anna-Maria and I'm 13 years old. I am from Greece.
I am a fan of yours and when I grow up I want to be able to swim as fast as you can.
My record at 50m breaststroke is 37.47, at 100m 1.19 and at 200m 2.51. This year I was taken to the national team and I find it very difficult to adjust to my new program because both school and training are hard!!! But I think that this change will help me improve my swimming skill!! I'm writting to you because I think that you can give some useful advice and a lot of courage!!
With love,
your fan...Anna-Maria!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted March 25, 2009
Hayley Tucker wrote
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LEISEL JONES YOU ARE AN AMAZING SUPERSTAR and you have a beautiful Breaststroke style. i love watching you swim. i would love to be like you one day and i would hope or love to go to the London Olympics. i swim too at Ballarat grammar and my coach is Mark Stahl. my pb in 50 breaststroke is 41.54 and in 100 breaststroke 1:30.07 and only 9 seconds from nationals. i love you hope to see you in London (3 years) love you
Hayley Tucker of Ballarat Miners rest (i sent you a letter i hope if you got it) xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo your amazing
Posted March 15, 2009
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Posted December 30, 2008
Rachael wrote
so liesal your a great swimmer
Posted November 26, 2008
El wrote
I love you Leisel. One day I'm going to be an olympic swimmer like you. A breaststroker. I know tonnes about you. Go Leisel you rule swim your heart out !
Love El xxx
Posted November 04, 2008
murat wrote
I love u soooooooooo much leisel
Posted August 29, 2008
Murat wrote
I love you so much %u0131 am sorry marty but she is mine
Posted August 28, 2008
Murat wrote
I love you so much %u0131 am sorry marty but she is mine
Posted August 28, 2008
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