Simone Forbes Explained

Simone Forbes
Fullname:Simone Nagina Forbes
Nationality:Jamaican
Birth Date:1981 6, df=yes
Country:Jamaica
Sport:Netball, volleyball, basketball, football, softball
Club:Waulgrovians Sports Club (netball)
Team:Jamaica national netball team (captain)
Positions:Goal Attack
Nationalyears:2000–2011, 2014
Nationalcaps:104
Show-Medals:yes

Simone Nagina Forbes (born 20 June 1981) is a Jamaican sportswoman, having represented Jamaica in no less than five sports, including netball, volleyball, basketball, football and softball.[1]

Forbes played netball with Jamaica U21 in 1998, before making her debut with the Jamaica national netball team the following year.[2] She continued with the national team, winning bronze medals at two Netball World Championships (2003 and 2007) and at the 2002 Commonwealth Games; she also won a silver medal at the inaugural 2009 World Netball Series, followed by another bronze in 2010 World Netball Series.[3] Despite taking a short break away from the sport following the World Series,[4] Forbes remained captain of the Sunshine Girls, and was selected as flag bearer for Jamaica at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.[5] As of 2010 Forbes is playing domestic netball for Waulgrovians.[6]

In volleyball, she earned a sports scholarship to Mercy College, New York in 2004. In 2005 Forbes made her debut for the Jamaica women's national volleyball team,[1] and graduated from Mercy College the following year.[7]

In 2011, Forbes tested positive for the banned substance Clomiphene – frequently used by athletes taking steroids, but also commonly used in fertility treatments – during an out-of-competition drug test. She was subsequently banned for three months by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission from playing netball; the ban was to end after the 2011 Netball World Championships in Singapore.[8]

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  1. News: Luton . Daraine . 2005-08-12 . Forbes joins the national squad . Sports Jamaica . 2009-10-19.
  2. http://www.golocaljamaica.com/netball/view_details.php?id=10 2003 Netball World Championships: Player profile – Simone Forbes
  3. News: Bogle . Dania . Simone Forbes — The remarkable sportswoman . . 2010-05-01 . 2010-05-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629095854/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/-p-Simone-Forbes----The-remarkable-sportswoman--p---_7537886 . 2011-06-29 .
  4. News: Lowe . Andrew . 2009-12-09 . National captain taking a break – Forbes to concentrate on studies; quit netball after 2011 WNC . . 2010-02-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091213020113/http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20091209/sports/sports5.html . 2009-12-13 .
  5. News: Lowe . André . Forbes to carry Ja flag . The Jamaica Star . 2010-10-02 . 2010-10-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007121926/http://jamaica-star.com/thestar/20101002/sports/sports10.html . 2010-10-07 .
  6. News: Bailey . Robert . 2010-09-30 . We're coming home with a medal . . 2010-11-12.
  7. http://www.mercyathletics.com/news/2005-06/general060606b Mercy College Athletics graduates 2006
  8. News: Bailey . Robert . Forbes hit with three-month ban . . 2011-04-30 . 2011-05-10.
  9. Web site: Jamaica Gleaner News - Jamaica Gleaner reporters among Prime Minister's youth award recipients - Tuesday | December 6, 2005 . 2014-12-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141216011812/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20051206/news/news1.html . 2014-12-16 .
  10. Web site: Sports Jamaica:: Simpson gets award:: Track and Field . 15 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160531143739/http://sportsjamaica.com/read_article.php?id=4499# . 31 May 2016 . dead . dmy-all .

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