Jemma Simpson

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**Jemma Simpson**

Country	Great Britain
Club	Newquay & Par
Date of birth	10 02 1984
Place of birth	United Kingdom
Height	1.78m
Weight	58kg
Turned Pro	2005
Personal Best	800m 1:59.99 (2006) 1500m 4:10.08 (2007)
Titles
World Finals:	2007 TBA
Highest World Ranking:	24 (Aug 2007)
Infobox last updated on: 7th August 2007.

Jemma Simpson (born 10 February 1984 in Plymouth) is a Cornish-British athlete who competes in the 800m. She is current British champion over this distance, winning the 2007 British Championships beating prerace favourites Marilyn Okoro and Jenny Meadows.

1 Junior Career
2 2005
3 2006
4 2007
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Junior Career

At the 2002 Commonwealth Youth Games, Simpson won the gold medal for England.^[1]

[edit] 2005

Simpson won a silver at the European Championships in Athletics, despite only competing as a replacement for the injured Kelly Holmes.^[2]

[edit] 2006

Simpson's highlights of the 2006 season were taking 6th place in the final of the 800m at the 2006 Commonwealth Games^[3] and finishing 2nd at the British Championships, behind Rebecca Lyne.

She finished 2006, being the 5th fastest British athlete over 800m, behind Rebecca Lyne, Susan Scott, Amanda Pritchard and Marilyn Okoro.^[4]

[edit] 2007

After an injury plagued winter, missing many indoor championships and training sessions, Simpson made her major comeback at the British Championships, taking the gold medal, and becoming Britain's number 1 over 800m. She was then selected for the British team for the 800m at the 2007 World Championships.

At the championships, she qualified into the semi-finals, coming second in her heat with a time of 2:00.47. In the semi-final she finished sixth with a time of 2:00.48 and failed to qualify for the final. Like Simpson fellow British athletes, Marilyn Okoro and Jennifer Meadows both failed at the semi-final stage having finished second in their respective heats.