Marion Jones, American basketball player and runner

Marion Lois Jones, also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is an American former world champion track-and-field athlete and former professional basketball player. She won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, but was later stripped of her medals after admitting to lying to federal investigators about her use of performance-enhancing drugs.

October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 80 days remain until the end of the year.