Jolanda Jones

Jolanda Jones (born 6 November 1959) is a former American heptathlete.

At the 1987 Pan American Games she won bronze, and in 1989 she was US champion. Representing the University of Houston she was three times NCAA champion (1986, 1987, 1989).

In 2004 she competed in Survivor: Palau. From 2008 until 2011 she was a member of the Houston City Council.

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US National Championship winners in women's pentathlon and heptathlon

1950–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1950–4: Stanisława Walasiewicz 1955–6: Barbara Mueller 1957–9: Ann Roniger 1960: Jo Ann Terry 1961–7: Pat Daniels 1968: Chi Cheng (TPE) 1969: Jan Glotzer 1970: Pat Daniels 1971: Marilyn King 1972–3: Jane Frederick 1974: Mitzi McMillan 1975–6: Jane Frederick 1977: Linda Cornelius 1978: Modupe Oshikoya (NGR) 1979: Jane Frederick

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Themis Zambrzycki (BRA) 1981: Jane Frederick 1982: Jackie Joyner 1983: Jane Frederick 1984: Cindy Greiner 1985–6: Jane Frederick 1987: Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1988: Sheila Tarr 1989: Jolanda Jones 1990: Cindy Greiner 1991–2: Jackie Joyner-Kersee

1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1994: Kym Carter 1995: Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1996–8: Kelly Blair LaBounty 1999: Shelia Burrell 2000–1: DeDee Nathan 2002–4: Shelia Burrell 2005: Hyleas Fountain 2006: GiGi Johnson 2007–8: Hyleas Fountain 2009: Diana Pickler 2010: Hyleas Fountain 2011: Sharon Day-Monroe 2012: Hyleas Fountain 2013–4: Sharon Day-Monroe 2015–6: Barbara Nwaba

Notes	Held as a women's pentathlon from 1950 to 1980 Since 1992 the championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.

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