Cullen Jones
Cullen Jones was born in The Bronx, New York, United States on February 29th, 1984 and is the Swimmer. At the age of 40, Cullen Jones biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Cullen Andrew Jones (born February 29, 1984) is an American championship swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who specializes in freestyle sprinting.
He holds the world record in the 4100 meters freestyle relay as part of the United States team (long course).
He earned silver medals in the 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay and the 50-meter freestyle, as well as the gold in the 4 x 100-meter medley at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Swimming career
Jones competed for the North Carolina State Wolfpack swimming and diving team from 2003 to 2006.
He began working with Nike and burst onto the scene shortly after the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, where he set a new personal record in the 50-meter freestyle in 21.84 seconds. He also swam a leg (split of 47.96) in the world record breaking 4100-meter freestyle relay alongside Michael Phelps, Neil Walker, and Jason Lezak.
In 2007, he also won a gold medal in a 4100-meter freestyle relay with the same teammates in the 2007 World Aquatics Championships.
Jones is the first African-American to hold a world record in swimming (4:100 meters freestyle relay). Jones set a new American record in the 50-meter freestyle at the 2008 United States Olympic Trials, finishing in 21.59 seconds. Garrett Weber-Gale's next day snapped the record. With Michael Phelps, Jason Lezak, and Garrett Weber-Gale, he won a gold medal in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay in Beijing, China, a world record time of 3:08.24.
Jones set the American record in the 50-meter freestyle at the U.S. National Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, in July 2009.
Jones qualified for the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, for the second time by placing first in the 50-meter freestyle and second in the 100-meter freestyle, which then qualified him for the 4100-meter freestyle relay. Jones took the 50-meter freestyle final in 21.59, one one-hundredth (0.01) of a second behind second-place finisher Anthony Ervin (21.60).
Jones earned silver medals in the 50-meter freestyle and the 4100-meter freestyle relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Since swimming the freestyle leg in the preliminaries, he earned a gold medal in the 4100-meter relay. He also participated in the 100-meter freestyle, but did not qualify for the event finals.
Jones made history by being the first black swimmer on the Olympic team in the United States, with Anthony Ervin and Lia Neal as the three African-Americans on the team.