Marion Jones
Awards And Accomplishments
| The Laureus Sports Awards, presented at the Sporting Club of Monaco for the first time in 2000, celebrate sporting excellence across all disciplines and all continents. | |
| 1991 | Set national high school record of 22.76 in 200-meter dash at U.S. Senior Track and Field Championships |
| 1991-93 | Received Gatorade Circle of Champions National High School Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year Award, only athlete to win award more than once |
| 1993 | Named California's Division I Player of the Year for basketball |
| 1994 | Named All-American in four events at National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Track and Field Championships |
| 1997 | Named Most Valuable Player in Atlantic Coast Conference as member of Lady Tar Heels basketball team at University of North Carolina; won 100-meter dash at U.S.A. Outdoor Track & Field (USATF) Championships and at World Track and Field Championships; ranked #1 in the world in 100-meter and 200-meter races and named Woman of the Year by Track & Field News; International Amateur Athletic Federation Athlete of the Year |
| 1998 | Won 100-meter and 200-meter dash and long jump at U.S.A. Outdoor Track & Field Championships, first woman to win all three since Stella Walsh in 1948; won World Cup in 100-meter and 200-meter; anchored Nike international team to a new American record at 4 × 200-meter relay at Penn Relays; gold medals, 100-meter and 200-meter dash at Goodwill Games; gold medal in Grand Prix Finals in Moscow; ranked #1 in the world in 100-meter, 200-meter, and long jump by Track & Field News and unanimously chosen Athlete of the Year; won USATF's Jesse Owens Award for Outstanding U.S. Female Track and Field Athlete; International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) Athlete of the Year |
| 1999 | Won first place in 100-meter and 200-meter at U.S.A. Outdoor Track & Field Championships; won gold medal in 100-meter and bronze in long jump at World Championships |
| 2000 | At 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, won gold medals in 100-meter, 200-meter races and 4 × 400-meter relay and won bronze medals in long jump and 4 × 100-meter relay; won first place in 200-meter dash at U.S.A. Outdoor Track & Field Championships; named World Sportswoman of the Year at the first Laureus Sports Awards in Monaco; named Athlete of the Year by Associated Press, ESPN cable television network, Reuters News Service, and the IAAF |
| 2001 | Named Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year; won first place in 200-meter dash at U.S.A. Outdoor Track & Field Championships; finished first in 200-meter dash and second in 100-meter at World Championships; won 100-meter dash at Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia, with a time of 10.84 seconds, breaking her own record set in 1998 |
| 2002 | Gold medal in 100-meter dash at World Cup; won fifth-straight national title in 200-meter dash and fourth-straight in 100-meter dash at U.S.A. Outdoor Track & Field Championships; undefeated season in track and field, first of her career; won ESPN's Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly (ESPY) Award as Best Female Track and Field Athlete |
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