Leisel Jones

Leisel Jones is an Australian former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medallist who specialised in breaststroke. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics at just fifteen years old and was part of the gold-medal-winning Australian women's 4x100 metre medley relay team at the 2004 Games in Athens. She won the 100 metre breaststroke gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and was selected for the 2012 Games in London, becoming the first Australian swimmer to compete at four Olympics. There she won her ninth Olympic medal, a silver in the medley relay. She is noted for a classic breaststroke technique with a slow but deep stroke cycle.