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| Birth name | Lori Susan Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Lolo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 5, 1982 Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 135 lb (61 kg)–160 lb (73 kg)[3][nb 1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field, bobsleigh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 m hurdles, two-woman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Louisiana State University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100 m 11.24 (Stuttgart 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lori Susan "Lolo" Jones OLY [1][4][5] (born August 5, 1982) is an American hurdler and bobsledder who specializes in the 60-meter and 100-meter hurdles. She won three NCAA titles and garnered 11 All-American honors while at Louisiana State University. She won indoor national titles in 2007, 2008, and 2009 in the 60-meter hurdles, with gold medals at the World Indoor Championship in 2008 and 2010.
She was favored to win the 100-meter hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but tripped on the penultimate hurdle, finishing in seventh place. She went on to win gold at the 2008 World Athletics Final, beating the newly crowned Olympic champion Dawn Harper with a time of 12.56. Jones was the American record holder in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.72 until 2018 when both Kendra Harrison and Sharika Nelvis improved the time to 7.70.[6]
Jones also competes as a brakewoman on the U.S. national bobsled team. She won a gold medal in the mixed team event at the 2013 World Championships and in the two-woman bobsled at the 2021 World Championships. She represented the U.S. at the 2014 Winter Olympics, making her one of the few athletes who has competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.[7][8]
Outside of the Olympics, Jones has also appeared on many reality TV shows, such as Dancing with the Stars, Celebrity Big Brother, The Challenge, and Name That Tune.
- ^ a b "Athletes > Lolo Jones > Bio". NBC Beijing Olympics 2008. MSN. 2008. Archived from the original on August 24, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2008.
- ^ "Biography | Lolo Jones". Archived from the original on February 25, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
- ^ "Lolo Jones weighs in on pushing calories and bobsled". USA Today. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
- ^ @lolojones (September 24, 2011). "my middle name is susan" (Tweet). Retrieved September 24, 2011 – via Twitter.
- ^ John Powers (February 23, 2008). "Jones has made a name for herself". The Boston Globe. Retrieved August 18, 2008.
- ^ 60 Metres Hurdles All Time. IAAF (February 15, 2009). Retrieved July 22, 2009.
- ^ "Lolo Jones, Lauryn Williams chosen for U.S. bobsled team". ESPN. January 20, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
- ^ Gall, Jonnie (December 18, 2013). "Who's competed in the summer and winter Olympics?". GrindTV. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
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