Simmone Jacobs
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Nationality | English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Reading, Berkshire | 5 September 1966|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Kim Simmone Geraldine Jacobs (born 5 September 1966) is a female retired
4 x 100 metres relay. She also won a relay bronze medal at the 1990 European Championships and relay medals at three Commonwealth Games
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Career
Jacobs was born in
Bev Callender, with Jacobs replacing an injured Shirley Thomas in the British sprint relay squad at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. She also won sprint relay bronze at the 1990 European Championships; relay silver at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, and relay bronzes at the 1994 and 1998 Commonwealth Games. Her other individual results include finishing fourth in the 200 metres final at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh (just 0.02 from a medal), and seventh in the 100 metres final at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing the Great Britain / England | |||||
1983 | European Junior Championships
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Schwechat, Austria | 2nd | 100 m | 11.59 sec |
3rd | 200 m | 23.28 | |||
3rd | 4 × 100 m | 44.86 | |||
1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States
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3rd | 4 × 100 m | 43.11 |
1986 | Commonwealth Games | Edinburgh, Scotland
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4th | 200 m | 23.48 |
1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy
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quarter-final | 100m | 11.83 |
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea
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quarter-final | 100 m | 11.31 |
quarter-final | 200 m | 23.38 | |||
semi-final | 4 × 100 m | 43.50 | |||
1990 | Commonwealth Games | Auckland, New Zealand | 7th | 100 m | 11.53 |
2nd | 4 × 100 m | 44.15 | |||
European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia
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3rd | 4 × 100 m | 43.32 | |
1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan
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semi-final | 200m | 23.72 (23.37) |
heats | 4 × 100 m | 43.43 | |||
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain
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quarter-final | 200 m | 23.61 |
1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany
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8th | 4 × 100 m | 43.83 |
1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 18th (h) | 200m | 23.75 (wind: -2.1 m/s) |
5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.63 | |||
Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada
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semi-final | 100m | 11.47 | |
3rd | 4 × 100 m | 43.46 | |||
World Cup | London, United Kingdom | 8th | 4 × 100 m | 44.45 | |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States
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quarter-final | 200 m | 22.96 |
8th | 4 × 100 m | 43.93 | |||
1998 | Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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semi-final | 100 m | 11.71 |
semi-final | 200 m | 23.73 | |||
3rd | 4 × 100 m | 43.69 |
References
- ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- Simmone Jacobs at World Athletics
- Kubatko, Justin. "Simone Jacobs Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2010.