Jade Jones says police stopped her Jaguar after Olympic win

Jade Jones said police stopped her in her Jaguar because they did not believe it was hers after she won Olympic gold in 2012. The 2X taekwondo Olympic gold medallist said Jaguar offered her the car after her first title, turning a sponsor gift into an unexpected part of her life away from the ring.

Jaguar and London 2012

Jones said Jaguar started sponsoring her before the London 2012 Olympic Games and later offered her a free Jaguar after her first gold medal. She was 19 when the call came, and she remembered asking, "Do you want a free Jaguar?" She also said, "It was amazing."

The car became a public marker of how quickly her profile had grown. Jones described it as "a big old man’s car" and said, "Sometimes, I used to drive around in my pajamas."

Police stops in her Jaguar

Jones said the attention did not stop with the car itself. "I’d always get stopped by the police because they didn’t believe it was mine," she said, describing how the vehicle drew suspicion when she was behind the wheel. That reaction was part of the same unusual period in which an Olympic sponsor’s gift followed her into everyday life.

The detail also fits the night she was talking about it: Jones was returning to the ring against Federikita at the AO Arena in Manchester, UK, on a Misfits Boxing show headlined by Tommy Fury and Eddie Hall. Her move into boxing put the story in a new setting, but the car memory came from the earlier moment when Olympic success changed her daily routine.

AO Arena return

Jones said ahead of the bout, "I’ll be going to put in a massive performance, I’ve trained really hard, and I think I’ll get another stoppage." The fight gave her a fresh stage, while the Jaguar story showed the scale of attention that came with her first Olympic gold.