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    Leisel Marie Jones, OAM (born 30 August 1985) is an Australian former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medallist. A participant in the 2000 Summer...
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    Leisel is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate...
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  • After winning a silver medal in Sydney and a bronze in Athens, Australia's Leisel Jones stormed home on the final lap to claim an elusive gold in the event...
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    the world record en route to winning gold, shocking Australian favorite Leisel Jones. Four years later at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Soni successfully defended...
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    Lydia Jacoby also swam 1:05.16 (2023), 1:05.28 (2021), 1:05.52 (2021). Leisel Jones also swam 1:05.17 (2008), 1:05.34 (2008), 1:05.60 (2006), 1:05.64...
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  • Titmus is coached by Dean Boxall, who formerly coached Stephanie Rice and Leisel Jones. At the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, held in August...
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  • has a history of successful alumni including Olympians Stephanie Rice and Leisel Jones. He is the coach of Australian swimmers Ariarne Titmus, Elijah Winnington...
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    Africa's re-admission to the Games in 1992. Along with Australian champion Leisel Jones, Heyns is regarded as one of the greatest breaststroke swimmers. Heyns...
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  • medley relay team by swimming the breaststroke leg in a preliminary heat (Leisel Jones swam the breaststroke leg in the final). Jones' selection was the...
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    commonly swum by Olympians, though Australian swimmers, most prominently Leisel Jones, generally seem to shun it. Olympian Ed Moses still swims a flatter...
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  • - 53.84 women's 4×100-metre medley relay 1st - Australia (Giaan Rooney, Leisel Jones, Petria Thomas, Jodie Henry) 3:57.32 - world record Henry was awarded...
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    will not work. The danger is massive." Swimmer and Olympic gold medalist Leisel Jones stated that while she would not participate herself due to the risks...
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    2:21.05 (2016), 2:21.58 (2014), 2:21.90 (2014, 2015), 2:21.92 (2014). Leisel Jones also swam 2:20.58 (2008), 2:20.72 (2006), 2:21.34 (2008), 2:21.45...
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  • the Nunawading Swimming Club as its new High Performance coach. In 2007, Leisel Jones, who had won the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke at both the 2005 and...
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  • final, swimming 1.20 seconds slower than the Games record of 2:20.72 set by Leisel Jones of Australia in 2006 with her time of 2:21.92. It was the third gold...
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  • home the silver at 1:07.15, while her teammate and world record holder Leisel Jones, who won silver as a 15-year-old in Sydney (2000), finished behind...
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    79 (1st leg); with Leisel Jones (2nd leg), Jessica Schipper (3rd leg), Libby Lenton (4th leg) b split 59.33 (1st leg); with Leisel Jones (2nd leg), Jessica...
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  • silver medal in 50-metre butterfly. She combined with Sophie Edington, Leisel Jones and Libby Lenton to set a new world record in the 4×100-metre medley...
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    butterfliers (O’Neill and Petria Thomas), female breaststrokers (Riley and Leisel Jones), and male freestylers (Thorpe, Grant Hackett and Michael Klim). The...
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    Olympics, Tokyo 2020, becoming the third Australian swimmer to do so, after Leisel Jones and Emily Seebohm. On 7 July 2021, she was announced as one of Australia's...
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    track cyclists in history, with a total of five Olympic medals. Meanwhile, Leisel Jones, who competed at her fourth Olympics, emerged as the greatest Australian...
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  •  United States Leisel Jones  Australia Penelope Heyns  South Africa 2004 Athens details Luo Xuejuan  China Brooke Hanson  Australia Leisel Jones  Australia...
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  • (USA) 2001: Luo Xuejuan (CHN) 2003: Luo Xuejuan (CHN) 2005: Leisel Jones (AUS) 2007: Leisel Jones (AUS) 2009: Rebecca Soni (USA) 2011: Rebecca Soni (USA)...
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    2020–2024 Summer F 4 0 1 5 Betty Cuthbert  Athletics 1956–1964 Summer F 4 0 0 4 Leisel Jones  Swimming 2000–2012 Summer F 3 5 1 9 Petria Thomas  Swimming 1996–2004...
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  • medals in major international competitions. Only Emma McKeon, Ian Thorpe and Leisel Jones have won more Olympic medals for Australia. At her international debut...
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  • peak of the high-tech bodysuit era. Australia's Emily Seebohm (59.01), Leisel Jones (1:06.06), Alicia Coutts (56.41), and Melanie Schlanger (52.54) trailed...
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  • convincing triumph over their American rivals in the event. Giaan Rooney, Leisel Jones, Petria Thomas, and Jodie Henry broke almost a full second off the...
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  • 0 54 Anky van Grunsven  Netherlands Equestrian 1992–2012 Summer F 3 5 1 Leisel Jones  Australia Swimming 2000–2012 Summer F 3 5 1 56 Giulio Gaudini  Italy...
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    European Swimmer of the Year 2006–2007 Succeeded by Rebecca Adlington Preceded by Leisel Jones World Swimmer of the Year 2007 Succeeded by Stephanie Rice...
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  • (USA) 2001: Luo Xuejuan (CHN) 2003: Luo Xuejuan (CHN) 2005: Leisel Jones (AUS) 2007: Leisel Jones (AUS) 2009: Rebecca Soni (USA) 2011: Rebecca Soni (USA)...
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