Simmone Jacobs Explained

Simmone Jacobs
Nationality:English
Birth Date:5 September 1966
Birth Place:Reading, Berkshire
Sport:Athletics

Kim Simmone Geraldine Jacobs (born 5 September 1966) is a female retired British athlete who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She represented Great Britain at four Olympic Games (1984–96), winning a bronze medal as a 17-year-old at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics in the 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 Reading, Berkshire, England. She was a member of the Reading Athletic Club and later Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers. Her career best times are 11.31 secs for 100 metres (1988) and 22.95 for the 200 metres (1996). She won the AAA Championships 200 metres title in 1986, 1988 and 1996, and the UK Championship 200 metres title in 1997. A talented junior, she won three medals at the 1983 European Junior Championships and won an Olympic bronze medal aged 17, along with Heather Oakes, Kathy Cook and 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

Representing the /
1983European Junior ChampionshipsSchwechat, Austria2nd100 m11.59 sec
3rd200 m23.28
3rd4 × 100 m44.86
1984Olympic GamesLos Angeles, United States3rd4 × 100 m43.11
1986Commonwealth GamesEdinburgh, Scotland4th200 m23.48
1987World ChampionshipsRome, Italyquarter-final100m11.83
1988Olympic GamesSeoul, South Koreaquarter-final100 m11.31
quarter-final200 m23.38
semi-final4 × 100 m43.50
1990Commonwealth GamesAuckland, New Zealand7th100 m11.53
2nd4 × 100 m44.15
European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia3rd4 × 100 m43.32
1991World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japansemi-final200m23.72 (23.37)
heats4 × 100 m43.43
1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spainquarter-final200 m23.61
1993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany8th4 × 100 m43.83
1994European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland18th (h)200m23.75 (wind: -2.1 m/s)
5th4 × 100 m relay43.63
Commonwealth GamesVictoria, Canadasemi-final100m11.47
3rd4 × 100 m43.46
World CupLondon, United Kingdom8th4 × 100 m44.45
1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United Statesquarter-final200 m22.96
8th4 × 100 m43.93
1998Commonwealth GamesKuala Lumpur, Malaysiasemi-final100 m11.71
semi-final200 m23.73
3rd4 × 100 m43.69

References

Notes and References

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

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