Simmone Jacobs

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Simmone Jacobs
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born (1966-09-05) 5 September 1966 (age 57)
Reading, Berkshire
Sport
SportAthletics
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles 4 x 100 metres
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place
1990 Split
4 x 100 metres
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1990 Auckland 4 x 100 metres
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoria 4 x 100 metres
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4 x 100 metres

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
.

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
Representing the  Great Britain /  England
1983
European Junior Championships
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
3rd 4 × 100 m 43.11
1986 Commonwealth Games
Edinburgh, Scotland
4th 200 m 23.48
1987 World Championships
Rome, Italy
quarter-final 100m 11.83
1988 Olympic Games
Seoul, South Korea
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
3rd 4 × 100 m 43.32
1991 World Championships
Tokyo, Japan
semi-final 200m 23.72 (23.37)
heats 4 × 100 m 43.43
1992 Olympic Games
Barcelona, Spain
quarter-final 200 m 23.61
1993 World Championships
Stuttgart, Germany
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
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
quarter-final 200 m 22.96
8th 4 × 100 m 43.93
1998 Commonwealth Games
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
semi-final 100 m 11.71
semi-final 200 m 23.73
3rd 4 × 100 m 43.69

References

  1. ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
  2. ^ "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. ^ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ^ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  6. ^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  7. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.