Jade Jones (taekwondo)

Jade Jones ( born March 21, 1993, Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire ) is a British Taekwondo. She is Olympic champion in the weight class up to 57 kg

Jones began at the age of eight years with Taekwondo. She trains today at the power center in Manchester. The breakthrough in the international top she succeeded in 2010. Initially, it was at the Junior World Championship in Tijuana in the class up to 55 kg World silver medalist, a little later, she won in Singapore in the Summer Youth Olympic Games in the same class the gold medal. With bronze at the European Championships in St. Petersburg, she could then win her first international medal in the adult area.

The next success came Jones the following year at the World Championships in Gyeongju, where she could reach the final, where Hou Yuzhuo narrowly lost and thus won the World Championship silver medal. On the way home the European Championship 2012 in Manchester Jones was able to repeat winning the European Championship bronze medal. The British Association took in 2011 in Jones ' weight class a starting place for the 2012 Olympics to complete. She made it to the finals and won after a victory over world champion Hou Yuzhuo 6-4 points the gold medal.

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