Jade Jones is a Welsh taekwondo athlete born in 1993 who competed for Great Britain in the 57 kg women's category. She won the Olympic title at London 2012, the first Olympic taekwondo gold for Great Britain, and defended it at Rio 2016, adding a world championship in 2019, several European titles, two European Games golds and a long run of World Grand Prix victories. Introduced to the sport by her grandfather at the age of eight, she rose through junior and youth competition to the senior circuit. She missed a third Olympic gold at the delayed 2020 Games and again fell early in 2024, after which she announced the end of her taekwondo career in 2025 and a move into boxing.
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is a Welsh former taekwondo athlete
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Born 21 March 1993 in Bodelwyddan, Wales GBR
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is a Welsh former taekwondo athlete
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she is a two-time Olympic gold medallist (2012, 2016), a one-time world champion (2019), and a three-time European champion (2016, 2018, 2021)
Competed In: 2016 Summer Olympics, Taekwondo career, 2013-2016
successfully defended her Olympic title at the 2016 Games
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