Jade Jones (taekwondo)

Jade Louise Jones (born 21 March 1993) is a Welsh former taekwondo athlete, who is now competing as a boxer. As a taekwondo competitor in the 57 kg category, she is a two-time Olympic gold medallist (2012, 2016), a one-time world champion (2019), and a three-time European champion (2016, 2018, 2021). Jones also won two gold medals at the European Games and ten gold medals in World Grand Prix events. Her gold medal in 2012 was Great Britain's first ever taekwondo gold medal at an Olympic Games.

After first taking up taekwondo aged eight, Jones had a successful junior career, earning a silver medal at the 2010 World Juniors Championships and a gold medal at the 2010 Youth Olympics. She won her first senior title at the 2011 U.S. Open, and won a silver medal at the senior World Championships the same year. Jones became an Olympic champion in 2012, triumphing in the 57 kg category. In 2014, she won the World Grand Prix finals for the first time, and in 2015 she won gold at the European Games. Jones became a European champion for the first time in 2016, and then successfully defended her Olympic title at the 2016 Games.

Jones won the Grand Prix finals in both 2016 and 2017 and became a European champion for the second time in 2018. She claimed her first world title in 2019 and third European title in 2021. At the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics, she was unable to win a record-breaking third taekwondo gold medal, exiting in the opening round. Jones won more titles in 2023, including at the European Games, but later in the year, she was provisionally suspended for failing to supply a urine sample to UK anti-doping officials, though she was later cleared of any wrongdoing. Jones returned to competition, but was eliminated in the first round at the 2024 Summer Olympics. In March 2025, she announced that she was ending her taekwondo career, and would take up boxing instead.