Simmone Jacobs

Kim Simmone Geraldine Jacobs ( born September 5, 1966 in Reading) is a former British sprinter.

In 1984 she won at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles with the British team bronze in the 4 x 100 - meter relay. In the Commonwealth Games 1986, she was starting for England Fourth of over 200 m. In each case, she reached the quarter-finals at the World Athletics Championships 1987 in Rome about 100 m and at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul over 100 m and 200 m.

In 1990 it was about 100 m Seventh at the Commonwealth Games in Auckland and took in the relay with the English team silver. With the British relay they latched on in the same year bronze at the European Athletics Championships in Split. About 200 m they came in the 1991 World Cup semi-finals in Tokyo and at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona in the quarter-finals.

After relay bronze at the relay bronze at the Commonwealth Games in 1994 in Victoria and a lead - out of more than 100 m at the 1995 World Cup in Gothenburg they took in 1996 in Atlanta to her fourth Olympics in part. About 100 m and 200 m, they made ​​the quarter- finals in the season she ran to eighth place.

In the 1997 World Cup in Athens, she was eliminated over 100 m in the flow and over 200 m in the quarterfinals. The following year, she completed her international career with another bronze medal from the relay at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.

Personal Best

  • 60 m (Hall ): 7.33 s, January 12, 1985, Cosford
  • 100 m: 11.31 s, September 24, 1988, Seoul
  • 200 m: 22.95 s, April 25, 1996, Fullerton Halle: 23.8 s, February 1, 1984 Cosford
4 × 100 metres relay 1986 Commonwealth Games 1987 World Championships in Athletics 1990 Commonwealth Games 1990 European Athletics Championships 1991 World Championships in Athletics 1994 Commonwealth Games 1995 World Championships in Athletics 1997 World Championships in Athletics 1998 Commonwealth Games 60 metres Fullerton, California
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