Marion Lois Jones, also known as Marion Jones-Thompson (born October 12, 1975 in Los Angeles, California), is a former world champion American track and field athlete of Belizean descent. She won five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia but has since been stripped of every Olympic medal dating back to September 2000 after admitting that she took performance-enhancing drugs.

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Jones, who holds dual citizenship with the United States and Belize (her mother's home country), was born to Marion and George Jones in Los Angeles, California. Jones' father deserted his family two years later, and his daughter has never been able to re-establish any kind of relationship with him. Jones' mother remarried a retired postal worker, Ira Toler, three years later; Toler became a stay-at-home Read more...

Marion Jones was showcased in the film, Top Speed, which documents her talent and skill within sprinting. Directed by Greg MacGillivray and shot in IMAX format, it covers details from races to any mistakes she has made within her performances, Marion is profiled amongst other speed specialists like racing driver Lucas Luhr, mountain biker Marla Streb, and Stephen Murkett, one of the designers of Read more...