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Some of the worst stories can be found in an impressive career. Lolo Jones, champion of the USA and World the hurdle championships, achieved this status after many years of hard work and incredible perseverance. A single mother within a household of five children, Jones had a difficult and a squatter's growing up. Her mother had been constantly shifting and even spent some time living in the basement. Jones had to attend a new high school each year due to her nomadic lifestyle. Jones, who was interested in athletics during her time at Theodore Roosevelt the high school lived in a different place from her mother so that she could follow her passion. She was a member of four families throughout her time at high school, in order to learn in one place. Jones also played cello in the orchestra at school. In high school, she won the Gatorade Athlete of the Year Award in Iowa Track And Field. Jones made it to the top of the college's best hurdlers after entering. In 2002, at the NCAA Track and Field Championships, Jones won the 100-meter hurdles. Jones was also a member of the second team to win the 100-meter Relay race. Jones won the NCAA Indoor Hurdles competition in 2003 as well as the 2004. Jones began her track and field career in 2005 after she graduated from university. That same year she won her first Torino Memorial Event, while in 2026, she was the winner of the Ostrava Track event and Heusden.

Born and raised in Cape Town South Africa Brandt immigrated with her family to Auckland New Zealand in her in her late teens. Brandt's talent was recognized in Auckland by the local casting director Brandt. Brandt was cast as a part of Naevia for the Starz show Spartacus Blood and Sand and Spartacus Gods of the Arena. In collaboration with the producers Steven S. D Knight and Sam Raimi she captivated audiences through her performances and became an one of the series' biggest starlets. Mazikeen is a Vertigo/DC Comics character that she portrayed in Netflix's hit series Lucifer. The show ran for six years. Lucifer was a smash hit and broke binge records and was named the top series to binge in 2021 according to Forbes. Brandt's next performance will be in the six-episode Walking Dead spin-off in 2024, opposite Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurrira. Brandt's other Netflix shows include animated adult comedy Captain Fall starring Jason Ritter, Anthony Carrigan, and Chris Meloni. This will air in July 2023. Lesley-Ann Brandt is an South African actress, born in Cape Town, South Africa on the 2nd December 1981. She is a talented New Zealander actor. Lesley Brandt moved with her whole family from New Zealand to Auckland in the year 1999. In Auckland she was employed as a retail person then be promoted to the position of IT manager consultant. Lesley has performed in numerous commercial advertisements after a few modelling projects. In 2008 she completed her acting major and continued her training in Meisner techniques of learning. Lesley Brandt's very first noteworthy acting role was on the TV drama series Diplomatic Immunity, which aired in New Zealand. Lesley Brandt made a guest appearance on New Zealand's TV show Shortland Street in the role of a support actor. In addition, she was on the Science-fiction drama series called This Is Not My Life in which the story was based on Waimoana, a fictional city. Waimoana. Lesley Brandt was cast in the Television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand as Naevia who was a teen hostage. She was later depicted in the Spartacus: Gods of the Arena mini-series.