Marion Jones is widely considered to be one of the greatest athletes of all time. She became the first woman to win five medals in a single Olympics when she won three gold and two bronze in the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, Australia. She attended the University of North Carolina, where she starred as a point guard on the basketball team, and helped to lead the team to the NCAA Women's Championship in 1994 in her freshman year.
Marion has appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, Vogue, and Sports Illustrated. Her accomplishments landed her interviews on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Late Night with David Letterman, The Rosie O' Donnell Show, and Good Morning America to name just a few. She secured millions in endorsement deals from Nike, Gatorade, “Got Milk” and others and became a household name.
Though she never tested positive in any drug test, she was hounded by rumors after the Sydney Olympics. In October 2007, Marion Jones confessed that she had lied to a grand jury when she stated that she had never taken Performance Enhancing Drugs. She was sentenced to six-months in jail for perjury and began serving that sentence in March 2008.
The scandal covered over 20 professional athletes yet Marion was the only athlete to serve a prison sentence.
Marion voluntarily chose to return her medals, take full responsibility for her actions, and apologized to her fans around the world. Marion now uses her experience to serve as an example of no matter how far you fall down you can always get back Up.