Leisel Jones might not be going home from London with an individual medal, but she’s still got plenty to be proud of.
Just days after critics accused her of being too fat, the 26-year-old swimmer qualified for the 100m breaststroke final and finished a very respectable fifth.
This is Leisel’s fourth and last Olympics. She was just 15 when she made her Games debut in 2000, and has since blossomed into one of our greatest swimmers, winning three gold medals, four silver and a bronze.
Here are some pictures from Leisel’s remarkable career.
Leisel after she won gold at the 2007 FINA Championships.
In shock after breaking the world record at the FINA Championships in 2003.
Breaking another world record in 2003.
And another one at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Showing off her gold medals from the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
Leisel at 15 in training for the Sydney Olympics.
Celebrating after winning silver at the 2011 FINA Championships.
With her gold medal-winning relay team at Beijing in 2008.
Leisel with her gold medal-winning relay team at the Athens Olympics.
Leisel with the silver medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
Leisel at a pre-Olympics press conference in Athens in 2004.
Messing around in the pool at the 2011 FINA Championships.
Leisel greets fans after another gold medal-winning swim at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Leisel messes around with Libby Trickett in 2006.
Leisel at an Australian team press conference in 2011.
Leisel swimming at the London Olympics.
The unflattering photos that led to Leisel being accused of being “out of shape”.
Leisel in London.
Leisel with her silver medal from the 2011 FINA Championships.
A swim team portrait from 2010.
Leisel with her FINA gold in 2007.
Before the Commonwealth Games in 2006.
Leisel and her mother at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Leisel at a pre-Athens training camp in 2004.
A young Leisel with fellow swimmer Elka Graham in 2002.
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