Margaret Simpson

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Margaret Simpson
Personal information
Nationality Ghanaian
Born December 31, 1981 (1981-12-31) (age 30)
Height 1.63 metres (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 58 kilograms (128 lb)
Sport
Country Ghana
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Heptathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) Heptathlon 6,423 points[1]
Medal record
Competitor for  Ghana
Women’s athletics
World Championships
Bronze 2005 Helsinki Heptathlon
African Championships
Gold 2002 Tunis Heptathlon
Gold 2004 Brazzaville Heptathlon
Gold 2010 Nairobi Heptathlon
All-Africa Games
Gold 2003 Abuja Heptathlon
Gold 2007 Algiers Heptathlon
Gold 2011 Maputo Heptathlon
Commonwealth Games
Bronze 2002 Manchester Heptathlon

Margaret Simpson (born December 31, 1981 in Krapa) is a Ghanaian heptathlete. She won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships, setting several personal bests in the process. Her personal best is 6423 points, achieved in Götzis in May 2005.

In 2004, Simpson became African Champion and followed this result with a ninth place at the 2004 Olympics.

She won the 2011 edition of the Multistars meeting in Desenzano del Garda with a score of 6270 points, defeating the 2010 champion Marina Goncharova.[2]

Simpson is renowned for her strong javelin throw, her personal best in which is 56.36 m.

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Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Ghana
1999 All-Africa Games Johannesburg, South Africa 4th Heptathlon
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, England 3rd Heptathlon 5906 pts
African Championships Radès, Tunisia 1st Heptathlon
2003 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria 5th Heptathlon
All-Africa Games Abuja, Nigeria 1st Heptathlon
2004 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria 5th Heptathlon
African Championships Brazzaville, Congo 1st Heptathlon
2005 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria 4th Heptathlon
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 3rd Heptathlon
2007 All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria 1st Heptathlon
2010 African Championships Nairobi, Kenya 1st Heptathlon 6031 pts
2011 All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 1st Heptathlon 6172 pts

Competition record

2011 World Championships

Event Result Position Points Overall Notes
100 metre hurdles 13.43 secs 1st 1,060 9th Heat 3
High jump 1.80 m 2nd 978 9th Group B
Shot put 12.48 m 7th 693 17th Group B
200 metres 25.23 secs 3rd 866 19th Heat 3
Long jump 5.88 m 10th 813 22nd Group B
Javelin 53.13 m 2nd 921 14th Group A
800 metres 2:17.91 8th 852 14th Heat 2
Heptathlon 6,183 14th Source:IAAF

References

  1. ^ "Biographies - Simpson Margaret". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=gha/athcode=139788/index.html. Retrieved 2011-09-04. 
  2. ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2011-05-10). De Araujo and Simpson take Desenzano victories – IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-05-14.

External links

  • 1978: Pentathlon
  • 1987 – 2011: Heptathlon
  • 1978: Bella Bell-Gam (NGR)
  • 1987: Yasmina Azzizi-Kettab (ALG)
  • 1991: Rita Izojie (NGR)
  • 1995: Oluchi Elechi (NGR)
  • 1999: Maralize Fouché (RSA)
  • 2003 – 2011: Margaret Simpson (GHA)