Jade Jones (taekwondo)

Jade Jones
OBE
Jones at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
NicknameThe Headhunter
Born (1993-03-21) 21 March 1993
Bodelwyddan, Wales
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportTaekwondo
Event –57 kg
ClubGB Academy
TeamGBR
Turned pro2010
Coached byMartin Stamper
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
2012 London57 kg
2016 Rio de Janeiro57 kg
World Championships
2019 Manchester57 kg
2011 Gyeongju57 kg
2017 Muju57 kg
2022 Guadalajara57 kg
Grand Prix
2014 Querétaro (F)57 kg
2015 Samsun57 kg
2015 Manchester57 kg
2016 Baku (F)57 kg
2017 London57 kg
2017 Abidjan (F)57 kg
2018 Rome57 kg
2018 Manchester57 kg
2023 Rome57 kg
2023 Paris57 kg
2013 Manchester57 kg
2014 Astana57 kg
2014 Manchester57 kg
2015 Moscow57 kg
2017 Rabat57 kg
2022 Rome57 kg
2022 Manchester57 kg
2015 Mexico City (F)57 kg
European Games
2015 Baku57 kg
2023 Kraków-Małopolska57 kg
European Championships
2016 Montreux57 kg
2018 Kazan57 kg
2021 Sofia57 kg
2014 Baku57 kg
2024 Belgrade57 kg
2010 St. Petersburg53 kg
2012 Manchester57 kg
2022 Manchester57 kg
Youth Olympic Games
2010 Singapore55 kg
World Junior Championships
2010 Tijuana57 kg
Updated on 18 April 2020

Jade Louise Jones OBE (born 21 March 1993) is a Welsh former taekwondo athlete, and boxer. She is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medallist in the women's 57 kg category, and the 2019 World champion, 2016, 2018 and 2021 European champion and both 2015 European Games and 2023 European Games champion at the same weight, the only double gold medalist at her weight in the history of those Games. In 2012, she won Britain's first taekwondo Olympic gold medal. Jones was at the time the reigning Youth Olympic champion in the girls' 55 kg category, winning gold for Great Britain in 2010.

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