Marion Jones

Sydney 2000 medals later stripped following doping admission.

Marion Lois Jones was born on 12 October 1975 in Los Angeles, California, to George Jones, who owned a self-service laundry and abandoned the family shortly after her birth, and Marion Toler, a legal transcriptionist who had immigrated from Belize. Jones excelled in both basketball and track at high school, setting multiple state records, before attending the University of North Carolina on a basketball scholarship and helping the Lady Tar Heels win the 1994 NCAA championship. Jones became the first woman in history to win five medals at a single Olympic Games, capturing three golds and two bronzes at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the 100m, 200m, long jump, and both relays, and had never failed a drug test at the time. A 2003 federal investigation into the BALCO doping scandal led Jones to admit in 2007 that she had used performance-enhancing steroids leading up to the Sydney Games, having lied under oath for years. She was stripped of all five Olympic medals, served six months in federal prison for perjury and an unrelated bank-fraud charge, and has since spoken publicly about her fall from grace, working as a coach and motivational speaker on resilience and second chances.

Explosive sprinter with exceptional acceleration and long jump ability

Talented sprinter whose achievements were tarnished by doping admissions

• Olympic medals (3 gold, 2 bronze) from Sydney 2000 stripped in 2007