Marion Jones

Marion Jones is a former Olympic Gold Medal winning sprinter. For years Jones denied allegations that she had used performance enhancing drugs, until finally admitting to using The Clear before the 2000 Olympics. Jones was stripped of her medals and sentenced to 6-months in prison for making false statements to a federal agent. She was released from prison on September 5, 2008

On May 5, 2009, Jones was scheduled to give a speech about Title IX to a group of students in Pennsylvania. After her speech, she discussed experiences after the trial and in prison.Philly.com: Jones Has a New Purpose After Steroid Scandal (April 24, 2009)

Jones plead guilty to lying to federal investigators in connection with the BALCO steroids distribution ring scandal. Jones was sentenced to six months in prison and 200 hundred hours of community service for perjury on January 11, 2008. After admitting to using steroids, Jones apologized to her family, friends, fans and country, saying "..with a great amount of shame...I stand before you and tell you that I have betrayed your trust...and you have the right to be angry with me... I have let my country down and I have let myself down."NBC Sports: Jones Pleads Guilty (October 5, 2007)

• FoxNews.com: Olympic Gold Medalist Marion Jones Pleads Guilty in Steroids Case (October 5, 2007)
• ESPN Video: Jones: I didn't knowingly use steroids (Time: 1:47)
• USATODAY.com: Check connects Marion Jones to case that snared Montgomery (2006)
• Google News: Marion Jones
• BBC News: Drugs athlete Jones goes to jail (March 7, 2008)
• Guardian Unlimited: Six-month Sentence Completes Jones's Descent into Ignimony (January 11, 2008)
• FOXNews.com: Disgraced Olympic Gold Medalist Marion Jones To Be Sentenced (January 11, 2008)
  • Jones received a 6-month prison sentence despite pleading that the court show mercy, in allowing her to remain with her two young children. The judge felt a responsibility to send a message to athletes who have abused drugs. Jones will begin serving her sentence on March 11, 2008.
• The New York Times: Marion Jones's Agent Suspended By U.S. Governing Body (December 28, 2007)
• Guardian Unlimited: Athlete Jones stripped of Olympic medals (Dec. 12, 2007)
• WashingtonPost.com: Marion Jones Admits to Steroid Use (October 4, 2007)
• SI.com: Jones gives up Sydney medals (Oct. 8, 2007)
• WashingtonPost.com: Marion Jones Admits to Steroid Use (October 4, 2007)
• ESPN.com: Sprinter Jones tested positive for EPO
• BBC Sports: Johnson insists Jones must quit (2006)
• msnbc.com: Marion Jones' longtime agent faces banishment (2007)
• Time: Marion Jones (2000)
• SFGate.com: Marion Jones sues BALCO's Conte for defamation
• USAToday.com: Doping lab exploring reasons for Marion Jones' conflicting tests
• ESPN.com: Jones' coach confirms EPO finding, questions validity -
• USA Today.com: Jones passes second drug test, is cleared of doping(2006)
• ESPN: Assael: Learning the lessons of Marion Jones

• U.S. Olympic Team.com : Profile
  • Height: 5-11
  • Weight: 155
  • Hometown: Palmdale, California
  • First Olympics Appearance: 2000

• October 12, 1975: Born

• 2000: Three Olympic Gold Medals

• 2004: Olympics Participant

• 2006: An "A" Sample of Urine, tests positive for Erythropoietin,"B" sample tests Negative