page_title: Leisel Jones
section_title: 2008 Olympics
hierarchical_section_title: Leisel Jones / Career / 2008 Olympics
caption_attribution_description: Australian swimmer Leisel Jones at the Melbourne homecoming parade for 2008 Olympic Team.
context_page_description: Leisel Marie Jones, OAM 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.
  Jones is noted for employing a classic breaststroke technique, typified by a slow but deeper stroke cycle and also by her slow starts. Along with South African champion Penny Heyns, she is regarded as one of the greatest breaststroke swimmers ever.
context_section_description: Jones won gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in 100-metre breaststroke, touching the line a full body length ahead of her rival. Her time of 1:05.17 was 1.66 seconds faster than the American silver medalist Rebecca Soni.  While she was the favorite to win in the 200-metre  breaststroke, she was beaten by Soni, who won gold in world record time. Jones took the silver.  She also won a gold medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay, with the Australian team breaking the previous world record by three seconds.
  Jones was awarded the Telstra Swimmer Of The Year award as part of the year's international all-star team, in Sydney in October 2008.
  At the World Cup meeting at Berlin, Germany, Jones set world records in the 100- and 200-metre breaststroke (short course).  Jones had a low-key year and opted out of the 2009 World Championships.
caption: Jones in 2008
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