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Lolo Jones Field Athlete And Visa Championship Series Title Winner


Lolo Jones is a track and field athlete who is specialized in hurdles. She was born on 5th August, 1982 in Des Moines, Iowa. Lolo Jones did her schooling from Theodore Roosevelt High School and graduated from Louisiana State University in 2005. Her current residence is Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Lolo Jones is coached by Denise Shaver and her current agent is Mark Block. Her previous agent was Chris Layne. As an athlete, her physical status is 180 cm in height and 59 kg in weight. Lolo Jones is currently sponsored by Asics.

Till date Lolo Jones has won 3 NAAC titles, in 2008, she completed 60m hurdle in 7.77 seconds and its second fastest time ever by an American. This was her second national title in 2008 National Championship. Before that, in 2007, she won 60m hurdle at American Indoor Championship and also finished 6th in World Outdoor Championship.

2006 was one of most successful year in Lolo Joness career. In this year she finished 5th at USA outdoors and 6th at World Athletics final. But won the 1st prize at Heusden-Zolder
in July which made her well-known in European circuit. Apart from that, she finished 4th in the 100m in Athens Super Grand Prix and 3rd at DN Galan meet.

2005 was the year when Lolo Jones started her career as a professional athlete. In the very first year, she won the 4th title in USA outdoors, finished 5th at semifinals. In this same year Lolo Jones won 4th title in Adidas track classics and 3rd title in Norwich Union. After this success she was ranked 5th in US.

Currently, Lolo Joness personal records are 12.56 seconds in 100m hurdles, 7.77 seconds in 60m hurdles, 11.23 seconds in 100m dashboards. She has begun the year 2008 with lots of prospect with hopes of making 2008 summer Olympics. In this year Lolo Jones has already won 2nd title in 60m hurdle in Glasgow and Stuttgart. Lolo Jones







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