Cullen Jones
Cullen Jones 
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Cullen Jones (right, 2008) |
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| Surname: | Cullen Jones | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname (s): | CJ, Nova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 United States
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| Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Society: | Mecklenburg Aquatic Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | February 29, 1984 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Bronx , New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | 1.96 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cullen Jones (born February 29, 1984 in Bronx , New York ) is an American freestyle swimmer .
Career
He is trained by David Marsh at the Mecklenburg Aquatic Club in Charlotte , North Carolina . He made his first appearance on the international swimming scene in 2006 at the Pan Pacific Championships in Victoria . He studied English and psychology at North Carolina State University . In the summer of 2006 he signed an advertising contract with Nike and became a professional swimmer.
At the Pan Pacific Championships 2006 he set a meeting record for the 50 m freestyle. He was also part of the successful 4 × 100 m freestyle relay (with Michael Phelps , Jason Lezak and Neil Walker ) which won a new world record. Just one year later, with the same teammates and over the same distance, he won the gold medal at the 2007 World Swimming Championships in Melbourne .
Jones is the first African American to hold a swimming world record (4 × 100 m freestyle relay). He is also only the second African American to be part of a US Olympic swimming team after Anthony Ervin . At the Olympic Games in the USA in 2008 , Jones broke the American record over the 50 m freestyle distance, which Garret Weber-Gale took away from him the next day .
Jones won the gold medal on the 4 × 100 m freestyle course at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing . Four years later at the Summer Olympics in London he won two silver medals each in the 50 m freestyle and with the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.
Records
Personal best
Long track
- 50 m freestyle - 00: 21.59
- 100 m freestyle - 00: 48.35
Short course
- 50 m freestyle - 00: 21.31
- 100 m freestyle - 00: 49.29
International records
| World records (1) | |||
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| 4 × 100 m freestyle (with Weber-Gale , Lezak and Phelps ) | 03:08:24 min | August 11, 2008 | Beijing |
| (As of August 7, 2010) | |||
Web links
- Cullen Jones in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
- Cullen Jones in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Jones, Cullen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 29, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bronx , New York , United States |