Simmone Jacobs
Simmone Jacobs (born 5 September 1966) is a retired British sprinter who ran the 100 metres and 200 metres. She was born in Reading, Berkshire, and competed for Great Britain at four Olympic Games from 1984 to 1996. At age 17 she won an Olympic bronze medal in the 4x100 metres relay at Los Angeles 1984, after joining the British team as an injury replacement.
She also won a bronze medal in the 4x100 metres relay at the 1990 European Championships in Split, and earned relay medals at three Commonwealth Games: silver in Auckland 1990, bronze in Victoria 1994, and bronze in Kuala Lumpur 1998.
Jacobs trained with Reading Athletic Club and later Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers. Her personal bests are 11.31 seconds for the 100 metres (1988) and 22.95 seconds for the 200 metres (1996). She won the AAA Championships 200 metres titles in 1986, 1988 and 1996, and the UK Championship 200 metres title in 1997.
As a junior, she won three medals at the 1983 European Junior Championships. She finished fourth in the 200 metres at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, just 0.02 seconds from a medal, and seventh in the 100 metres final at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland.
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