Career
She held five Australian titles in her own division, picked up dozens medals in her career, including a single gold in her division from the 2004 Oceania Championships in Noumea, New Caledonia, and represented her nation Australia, as a 17-year-old teen, at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Malone also trained throughout her sporting career for Budokan Judo Club in Sydney. Malone qualified for the Australian squad, as a 17-year-old teen, in the women"s heavyweight class (+78 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by topping the field of judoka and receiving a berth from the Oceania Championships in Noumea, New Caledonia.
Jessica now coaches a local club in her home town of Newcastle at a local PCYC.