Michellie Jones
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| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Women's triathlon | |||
| Silver | Sydney 2000 | Individual competition | |
Michellie Jones (born September 6, 1969 in Fairfield, New South Wales) is a short and long course triathlete from Australia.
Michellie (pronounced muh-KEE-lee) Jones' most prominent success is the 2006 Ironman World Champion title.
Jones competed at the first triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She won the silver medal with a total time of 2:00:42.55, only two seconds behind leader Brigitte McMahon. Her split times were 19:43.88 for the swim, 1:05:32.90 for the cyling and 0:35:25.77 for the run.
She also won the test event in 2003 for the course used in the 2004 Summer Olympics, though she did not compete in that Olympiad.
Her recent International Triathlon Union rankings include:
- 2001 - 4th
- 2002 - 4th
- 2003 - 3rd
Jones took second place in the 2005 Ironman Triathlon, losing the lead during the run to Natascha Badmann. This was only the second time that she competed in an iron distance triathlon. Jones is the winner of the 2006 Ironman Arizona Triathlon, finishing with a time of 9:12:53.
Michellie Jones became the first Australian women to win a World Ironman Championship with her victory in the 2006 Ironman Triathlon in Kona, Hawaii. Jones' victory makes her the second Australian in history to win this prestigious event - behind 1994 Men's World Champion, Greg Welch. Interestingly both Jones and Welch hail from "The Sutherland Shire" in Sydney's South as does 2006 mens 2nd place finisher Chris McCormack.
