Leisel Jones
Leisel Jones
Leisel Marie Jones, OAMis 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 medalist for 100-meter breaststroke in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...
ProfessionSwimmer
Date of Birth30 August 1985
athens both changed learning life meet pressure since
Life has changed dramatically for me since the 2004 Athens Olympics. With every meet I'm learning more. I have no real pressure on me since I have both breaststroke (100m/200m) world records.
alight cheering great
They're cheering so loud. It's responsible for a lot of the great performances out there. It's alight out there, it's a real buzz.
course distance good longer short start swimming
I think it's a good start for my short course swimming and it is even better for the longer distance games.
exciting known putting quite since slow swimmer
It was very exciting because I'm not known as a 50 swimmer and ever since I was quite young, I've had slow starts. I'm putting things into place now.
accept problem proves testing
The testing is something we accept and we don't have a problem doing it because it proves things, doesn't it?
coach coming life trust warm
It was pretty exciting. All life experiences coming into one race. I'm comfortable with my result, I trust my coach and this is only a warm up experience.
goal
That is amazing. My goal was to go 1:05.9.
girls great tops
Great job, girls! It tops off great preparation we've had all week.
happens sad
The sad thing is it happens all the time. It's very invasive and it makes you so vulnerable.
anyway bus later left minutes morning sleep start supposed
This morning did not start well, I got up later than I should have. I was supposed to have a sleep in anyway but I went to get on the bus and it had left 10 minutes early.
awesome girls version
We're the girls' version of the awesome foursome.
sports good-friend three
I've achieved everything I ever wanted. I've done three Olympics, world championships, I've been around the world and made good friends. But I still have the inner drive to do more, to be not just good, but to be great.
sports motivational-sports thinking
I don't think I'm unbeatable, nobody is
sports athlete people
It's easy to forget when you're an elite athlete that everyone else gets nervous as well. Even the best people in the world, at whatever they do, they're still nervous