Christina Noelle Jones (born September 17, 1987) is an American competitor in

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. She grew up in

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and lives in

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. Jones swam with Andrea Nott in the duet event at the

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, placing fifth. She also participated on the American team that placed fifth in synchronized team. At the

2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. The number of participating national teams (190), ...

, she won a gold medal in the mixed duet technical routine with swim partner Bill May. Jones is an artist in

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's water-based show, ''O''.

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* * * * * 1987 births 21st-century American sportswomen American synchronized swimmers Cirque du Soleil performers Living people Olympic synchronized swimmers for the United States Synchronized swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games Synchronized swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Synchronized swimmers at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships Sportspeople from Missoula, Montana World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in synchronized swimming {{US-swimming-bio-stub