Career
Jones started competing in triathlons in 1990. Jones would go on to further expand her triathlon résumé by winning the International Telecommunication Union Triathlon World Cup in 1998 and 1999. At the 2000 Summer Olympics Jones took the Silver Medal in the inaugural triathlon event with a total time of 2:00:42.55, only two seconds behind Gold Medalist Brigitte McMahon.
Her split times were 19:43.88 for the swim, 1:05:32.90 for the cycling and 0:35:25.77 for the run.
After recently expanding into Iron distance competition, Jones took second place in the 2005 Ironman World Championship, losing the lead during the run to Natascha Badmann. This was only the second time that she competed in an iron distance triathlon.
In May 2015, it was confirmed that Jones would be Australian paratriathlete Katie Kelly"s new guide in the lead up to the 2016 Summer Paralympics.