Britain’s first Taekwondo Olympic Champion Jade Jones claimed the 57kg title aged 19. Claiming Olympic Gold whilst also being the reigning Youth Olympic Champion, Jade Jones has become a nation’s sweetheart, something she uses to her advantage and is now able to star in the television series SAS: Who Dares Wins 2022? Welsh born and bred Jones is ferociously patriotic, and was awarded BBC's Wales Sports Personality of the Year for her 2012 exploits; her wide range of accolades at such a young age increase her suitability towards being an after dinner speaker.
Taking up the sport after the inspiration of her grandfather to stop her getting into trouble and to teach her how to defend herself, Jones has excelled phenomenally considering her young age. She has claimed two European bronze medals at the 2010 St Petersburg and 2012 Manchester Championships as well as a Silver at the 2011 Gyeongju World Championships.
A young career with so much promise, the reputation of Jade Jones as an athlete and after dinner speaker has increased to an all-time high, and is only set to increase as her career progresses. A fans favourite and popular sports speaker, Jade Jones’s euphoric celebrations after securing her Olympic title showed her passion and dedication towards her passion. Her rapid rise through the ranks and her determination to stay where she is impressive, and something which shines through when she is addressing audiences in her role as an Olympic speaker. Recently Jade was awarded the OBE honour at the 2020 New Year Honours in recognition for her services to Taekwondo and sport.
Addressing her career through her informative and motivating speeches as an after-dinner speaker, Jones’ proficiency as a sports speaker is at an all-time high. With her aspirations pointing towards the Rio de Janero 2016 games, Jones’ requirement for events, occasions and conferences as an Olympic speaker is only ever going to increase.
How to hire Jade Jones
Contact the Champions Speakers Agency to provisionally enquire about hiring Jade Jones for your next event, today. To get in touch, simply call an official booking agent on 0207 1010 553 or email us at [email protected] for more information.
** We do not accept requests for autographs, signed merchandise, fan mail, birthday messages or any other non-commercial contact with the speakers or acts. Each speaker on the website may not have necessarily worked with Champions in the past but are known to perform such engagements within the industry.
When she's at corporate events, Jade is known to cover the following topics:
- Drive and determination
- Setting and achieving goals
- Dealing with pressure
- Motivation and inspiration
- Peak performance
- Sporting success
"We have held our event for 12 years and have had some famous names giving the opening talk during that time but none had Jade's impact." - University of Chester
"Jade has been a great role model for young people and delivered inspirational talks to groups of young leaders and helped us to develop a new funding partnership with Tees Valley Community Foundation linked to our Future Champions programme. Jade is a fantastic sporting ambassador for Future Champions, and her story and journey from grassroots sport to elite international competition is a constant inspiration to our young athletes in the Tees Valley." - Martin, Tees Valley Sport
"Yesterday went really well, all the pupils loved seeing Jade." - Conyers School
- 2020 - Awarded an OBE
- 2016 - Defended her Olympic title at the Rio Games
- 2015 - Won the European Games
- 2014 - Won the Commonwealth Games
- 2013 - Awarded an MBE
- 2012 - Won a gold medal at the London Olympics
- 2010 - Winner of the inaugural Youth Olympics
- First GB Taekwondo Athlete to win an Olympic gold medal
- Winner of 14 Grand Prix medals including eight gold medals
- Six-time European Medalist including three golds
- Three-time World Championship medalist including one gold
