Name	Marion Jones
Height	5' 10"
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	12 October 1975
Place of Birth	Los Angeles, United States
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In the News: Olympic runner Marion Jones will appear on talk show host Oprah Winfrey's show today (October 29, 2008) in her first major interview since she was released from a Texas federal prison last month. Jones served a six-month sentence for lying to federal prosecutors about her use of the designer steroid THG during the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

In October of last year, Jones pleaded guilty to two charges of making false statements to federal investigators. As a result, the sprinter was stripped of the five medals she won in 2000. "It wasn't as difficult to give back the medals because it's not about the hardware," the 33-year-old athlete tells Winfrey on the show that airs today. "It was about that memory. So that memory is what will be tarnished."

According to details provided by the Oprah show, Jones will talk about why she denied her drug use and what life has been like since her release. She will also read a letter she wrote to her children while in prison.

Biography:Jones was born October 12, 1975, in Los Angeles, California. A dual citizen of the U.S. and Belize, she was a star high school athlete. Jones attended The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on a basketball scholarship, helping her team win the NCAA championship in 1994. After college, she returned to track and field, winning the 100 meters World Championship in 10.83 sec in 1997.

The International Athletics Federation Woman Athlete of the Year in 1998, Marion Jones headed the rankings for 100 meters, 200 meters and long jump (the first woman to do this since 1943), was US champion in all three, and was unbeaten in 34 consecutive competitions before losing the World Cup long jump to Heike Dreschler. In 2000 in Sydney, Jones became the first woman in history to win five medals (three gold, two bronze) at a single Olympic Games.